CVE-2016-5351

MEDIUM

Wireshark - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

Description

epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles the lack of an EAPOL_RSN_KEY, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

References (7)

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140

[Exploit, Issue Tracking] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11585

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-30.html

[Patch] https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/9b0b20b8d5f8c9f7839d58ff6c5900f7e19283b4

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0028

EPSS Percentile 50.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status draft

Affected Products (16)

wireshark/wireshark

... and 1 more

Timeline

Published Aug 07, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026