CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6513
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-08-06
- 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-399
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 does not restrict the recursion depth, 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
• wireshark wireshark 2.0.4
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3 Mailing List
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-49.html Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12663 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=347f071f1b9180563c28b0f3d0627b91eb456c72 code.wireshark.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3 Mailing List
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-49.html Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12663 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=347f071f1b9180563c28b0f3d0627b91eb456c72 code.wireshark.org