CVE-2016-5359

MEDIUM

Wireshark - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 mishandles offsets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

References (6)

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

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

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

[Issue Tracking, VDB Entry] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12408

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-38.html

[Patch] https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/b8e0d416898bb975a02c1b55883342edc5b4c9c0

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0026

EPSS Percentile 48.5%

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-119 CWE-399

Status draft

Affected Products (12)

wireshark/wireshark

Timeline

Published Aug 07, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026