CVE-2016-6507
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.9 · CWE-399
5.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c in the MMSE dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-43.htmlAdvisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3648
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12624
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b5a10743258bd016c07ebf6479137fda3d172a0f