Record summary

CVE-2016-6512 has a selected CVSS score of 5.9 (medium); EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-wap.c in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 omits an overflow check in the tvb_get_guintvar function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet, related to the MMSE, WAP, WBXML, and WSP dissectors.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Catalogued exploits
1

Proofs of concept

1

Catalogued exploits

ExploitDBWireshark 2.0.0 < 2.0.4 - MMSE / WAP / WBXML / WSP Dissectors Denial of ServiceExploitDB exploitby Antti LevomäkiNot analyzed1 file
ExploitDB

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