CVE-2016-5358

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-pktap.c in the Ethernet dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles the packet-header data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5358
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-07T16:59:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-11-28T20:24:50
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.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
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/2c13e97d656c1c0ac4d76eb9d307664aae0e0cf7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3 Mailing List
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12440 Issue Tracking
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-37.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5358
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5358
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:04:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:49:33 2016-08-07T16:59Z 2016-08-07T16:59:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:49:33 2016-11-28T20:24:50 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:49:33 Modified Vulnerability Status updated