CVE-2016-6503

MEDIUM

Wireshark <2.0.5 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The CORBA IDL dissectors in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 on 64-bit Windows platforms do not properly interact with Visual C++ compiler options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED

by Igor · textdoswindows_x86-64

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40196

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (7)

[Mailing List] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-39.html

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12495

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=581a17af40b84ef0c9e7f41ed0795af345b61ce1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92162

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40196/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0216

EPSS Percentile 84.1%

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 (5)

wireshark/wireshark

Timeline

Published Aug 06, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026