CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5358
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-08-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
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.
Affected configurations
• wireshark wireshark 2.0.0
• wireshark wireshark 2.0.1
• wireshark wireshark 2.0.2
• wireshark wireshark 2.0.3
• oracle solaris 11.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3 Mailing List
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12440 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/2c13e97d656c1c0ac4d76eb9d307664aae0e0cf7 github.com
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-37.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3 Mailing List
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12440 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/2c13e97d656c1c0ac4d76eb9d307664aae0e0cf7 github.com
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-37.html Vendor Advisory