CVE-2016-2522

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
Description
The dissect_ber_constrained_bitstring function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not verify that a certain length is nonzero, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-2522
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-02-28T04:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-08T01:29:54
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-02.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11828 Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=9b2f3f7c5c9205381cb72e42b66e97d8ed3abf63
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2522
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2522
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:38:21 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:29:41 2016-02-28T04:59Z 2016-02-28T04:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:29:41 2017-09-08T01:29:54 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:29:41 Modified Vulnerability Status updated