CVE-2016-5352 — Out-of-bounds Read in Wireshark

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 51.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedAug 7
Latest updateMay 17

Description

epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles certain length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (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 2.0.4+gdd7746e-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.0.4+gdd7746e-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark4 versions+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-f7hq-c4jp-rh55: epan/crypt/airpdcap↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-5352: epan/crypt/airpdcap↗2016-08-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-31)↗2016-06-07
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Debian
CVE-2016-5352: wireshark - epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.4...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5352 wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-31)↗2016-06-08
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