Buffer overflow in Wireshark



Published: 2016-08-07 | Updated: 2020-08-09
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2016-5359
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Wireshark
Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers

Vendor Wireshark.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU40144

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5359

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 mishandles offsets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 1.12.0 - 1.12.11

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12408
http://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/b8e0d416898bb975a02c1b55883342edc5b4c9c0
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-38.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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