CVE-2016-2529

MEDIUM

Wireshark - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

The iseries_check_file_type function in wiretap/iseries.c in the iSeries file parser in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not consider that a line may lack the "OBJECT PROTOCOL" substring, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

References (5)

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96d585a5e9baef21e1eea8505d78305b034dc80e

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-09.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11985

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 37.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status draft

Affected Products (2)

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

Timeline

Published Feb 28, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026