CVE-2016-6513 — Wireshark vulnerability

CWE-3996 documents6 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedAug 6
Latest updateMay 17

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 does not restrict the recursion depth, 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 2.0.5+ga3be9c6-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.0.5+ga3be9c6-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark5 versions+4

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9pj4-369w-hxwh: epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-6513: epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml↗2016-08-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: WBXML crash (wnpa-sec-2016-49)↗2016-07-27
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Debian
CVE-2016-6513: wireshark - epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2....↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6513 wireshark: WBXML crash (wnpa-sec-2016-49)↗2016-07-28
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