CVE-2016-4078
MEDIUMWireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.11 and 2.0.x < 2.0.3 - Denial of Service via IEEE 802.11 Dissector
Title source: llmDescription
The IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly restrict element lists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c and epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12187
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11824
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e2745d741ec11f395d41c0aafa24df9dec136399
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
58.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (14)
wireshark/wireshark
1.12.0
wireshark/wireshark
1.12.1
wireshark/wireshark
1.12.2
wireshark/wireshark
1.12.3
wireshark/wireshark
1.12.4
wireshark/wireshark
1.12.5
wireshark/wireshark
1.12.6
wireshark/wireshark
1.12.7
wireshark/wireshark
1.12.8
wireshark/wireshark
1.12.9
... and 4 more
Published
Apr 25, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026