Missing Initialization of a Variable in Wireshark

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9780",
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    "title": "Missing Initialization of a Variable in Wireshark",
    "summary": "ITS dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:33.065786950Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-12.html",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/9xxx/CVE-2024-9780.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9780",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 500221,
  "published_at": "2024-10-10T06:30:49.71+00:00"
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