CVE-2016-5351

MEDIUM

Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.12 and 2.x < 2.0.4 - Denial of Service via EAPOL_RSN_KEY Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 7
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11585
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-30.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 51.2%
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 (16)
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 6 more
Published Aug 07, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026