CVE-2016-5357 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation9 documents7 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkOracle Solaris
Timeline
PublishedAug 7
Latest updateMay 17

Description

wiretap/netscreen.c in the NetScreen file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles sscanf unsigned-integer processing, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

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

▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.0.4+gdd7746e-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark16 versions+15
▶NVDoracle/solaris11.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-722j-8652-44mj: wiretap/netscreen↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-5357: wiretap/netscreen↗2016-08-07
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OSV
CVE-2016-5357: wiretap/netscreen↗2016-08-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: NetScreen file parser crash (wnpa-sec-2016-36)↗2016-06-07
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Debian
CVE-2016-5357: wireshark - wiretap/netscreen.c in the NetScreen file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12...↗2016
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8614 ansible: Improper verification of key fingerprints in apt_key module↗2016-10-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5357 wireshark: NetScreen file parser crash (wnpa-sec-2016-36)↗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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