CVEs-PoC/2020/CVE-2020-17498.md

### [CVE-2020-17498](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-17498)
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### Description

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.5, the Kafka protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-kafka.c by avoiding a double free during LZ4 decompression.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2020-17498