CVE-2016-6510
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.9 · CWE-189
5.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) 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-2016-46.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=12664
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47a5fa850b388fcf4ea762073806f01b459820fe