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CVE-2016-6512

Date: August 6, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (13)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92174
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12661
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2193bea3212d74e2a907152055e27d409b59485e
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6512
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-48.html
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-6512
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6512
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6512
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40195/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6512
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-6512

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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