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CVE-2016-4078

The IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly restrict element lists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c and epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c.

  • Published: Apr 25, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-4078
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.9
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
wireshark / wireshark 2.0.0 2.0.0.x
wireshark / wireshark 1.12.4 1.12.4.x
wireshark / wireshark 1.12.10 1.12.10.x
wireshark / wireshark 1.12.5 1.12.5.x
wireshark / wireshark 1.12.0 1.12.0.x
wireshark / wireshark 1.12.9 1.12.9.x
wireshark / wireshark 2.0.1 2.0.1.x
wireshark / wireshark 1.12.2 1.12.2.x
wireshark / wireshark 2.0.2 2.0.2.x
wireshark / wireshark 1.12.1 1.12.1.x
wireshark / wireshark 1.12.7 1.12.7.x
wireshark / wireshark 1.12.6 1.12.6.x
wireshark / wireshark 1.12.3 1.12.3.x
wireshark / wireshark 1.12.8 1.12.8.x