CVE-2016-6512

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6512
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6512.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6512
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-08-06T23:59:12.337Z
Modified
2026-03-15T13:56:23.791825Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

epan/dissectors/packet-wap.c in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 omits an overflow check in the tvbgetguintvar function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet, related to the MMSE, WAP, WBXML, and WSP dissectors.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/wireshark/wireshark

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
9a73b827b22c7ce9132e939b9f07ec4425fc2aa6
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
59ea380c69dca2bc2f97fa97c1bf410bbcd2411c
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
a16e22ed9cbbc599fe8b7b8e40a6696a0138c489
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
eed34f0ac6696c053585ddf75c5805b3d5b395cf
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
dd7746e6f1b034048cd986ca6f44291e712cc1fc
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0.4"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
backups/ethereal@18706
ethereal-0-3-15
start
ethereal-0.*
ethereal-0.3.15
v1.*
v1.11.0
v1.11.0-rc1
v1.11.1
v1.11.1-rc1
v1.11.2
v1.11.2-rc1
v1.11.3
v1.11.3-rc1
v1.11.4-rc1
v1.99.0
v1.99.0-rc1
v1.99.1
v1.99.10rc0
v1.99.1rc0
v1.99.2
v1.99.2rc0
v1.99.3
v1.99.3rc0
v1.99.4
v1.99.4rc0
v1.99.5
v1.99.5rc0
v1.99.6
v1.99.6rc0
v1.99.7
v1.99.7rc0
v1.99.8
v1.99.8rc0
v1.99.9
v1.99.9rc0
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.0rc0
v2.0.0rc1
v2.0.0rc2
v2.0.0rc3
wireshark-1.*
wireshark-1.11.3
wireshark-1.99.0
wireshark-1.99.1
wireshark-1.99.2
wireshark-1.99.3
wireshark-1.99.4
wireshark-1.99.5
wireshark-1.99.6
wireshark-1.99.7
wireshark-1.99.8
wireshark-1.99.9
wireshark-2.*
wireshark-2.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6512.json"