CVE-2016-5358

medium

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-pktap.c in the Ethernet dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles the packet-header data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12440

https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/2c13e97d656c1c0ac4d76eb9d307664aae0e0cf7

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-37.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-08-07

Updated: 2016-11-28

Type: CWE-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 2.2

Severity: MEDIUM