CVE-2016-6506 — Infinite Loop in Wireshark

CWE-3997 documents6 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 61.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedAug 6
Latest updateMay 17

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c in the WSP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) 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 2.0.5+ga3be9c6-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.0.5+ga3be9c6-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark18 versions+17

Patches

Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mpw4-6r28-83wc: epan/dissectors/packet-wsp↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-6506: epan/dissectors/packet-wsp↗2016-08-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: WSP infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-42)↗2016-07-27
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Debian
CVE-2016-6506: wireshark - epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c in the WSP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.1...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6505 CVE-2016-6506 CVE-2016-6507 CVE-2016-6508 CVE-2016-6509 CVE-2016-6510 CVE-2016-6511 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-07-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6506 wireshark: WSP infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-42)↗2016-07-28
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