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CVE-2016-4078

The IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly restrict element lists, which allows…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.9
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.1%
percentile 82%
Public exploits
0
none known

The IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly restrict element lists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c and epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.12% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • securitytracker.com /id/1035685 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • bugs.wireshark.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12187 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • oracle.com /technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugs.wireshark.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11824 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • code.wireshark.org /review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e2745d741ec11f395d41c0aafa24df9dec136399 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • wireshark.org /security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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