CVE-2016-4078
Published on: 04/25/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:26:59 PM UTC
Certain versions of Wireshark from Wireshark contain the following vulnerability:
The IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly restrict element lists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c and epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c.
- CVE-2016-4078 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.
CVSS3 Score: 5.9 - MEDIUM
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
NETWORK | HIGH | NONE | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
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UNCHANGED | NONE | NONE | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 4.3 - MEDIUM
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | MEDIUM | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
NONE | NONE | PARTIAL |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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12187 – Wireshark infinite / very deep recursion in expert_set_item_flags | bugs.wireshark.org text/html |
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11824 – Wireshark infinite / very deep recursion in dissect_channel_switch_wrapper / add_tagged_field | bugs.wireshark.org text/html |
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Wireshark Multiple Dissector Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker | www.securitytracker.com text/html |
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Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2016-21 · IEEE 802.11 dissector crash | Vendor Advisory www.wireshark.org text/html |
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code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit | code.wireshark.org text/xml |
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Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 | www.oracle.com text/html |
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.0 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.1 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.10 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.2 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.3 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.4 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.5 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.6 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.7 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.8 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.9 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.0 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.1 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.10 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.2 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.3 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.4 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.5 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.6 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.7 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.8 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.12.9 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
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