CVE-2016-5350 — Infinite Loop in Wireshark

CWE-3997 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 42.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedAug 7
Latest updateMay 17

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c in the SPOOLS component in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles unexpected offsets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.0.4+gdd7746e-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.0.4+gdd7746e-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark16 versions+15

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3vgf-m7rw-3p4q: epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-5350: epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss↗2016-08-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: SPOOLS infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-29)↗2016-06-07
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Debian
CVE-2016-5350: wireshark - epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c in the SPOOLS component in Wireshark 1.1...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5350 wireshark: SPOOLS infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-29)↗2016-06-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5350 CVE-2016-5351 CVE-2016-5353 CVE-2016-5354 CVE-2016-5355 CVE-2016-5356 CVE-2016-5357 CVE-2016-5359 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-06-08
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