CVE-2016-5359

medium

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 mishandles offsets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-38.html

https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/b8e0d416898bb975a02c1b55883342edc5b4c9c0

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12408

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

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

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-08-07

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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