CVE-2016-4416 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Wireshark

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedMay 1
Latest updateMay 17

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.2 mishandles the Grouping subfield, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.0.0, 2.0.1+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h9g5-2qch-grmm: epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-4416: epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211↗2016-05-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-13)↗2016-02-26
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Debian
CVE-2016-4416: wireshark - epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 2.x...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4416 wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-13)↗2016-02-29
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