vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-4078): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Apr 25, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 19, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 25, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2016-4078
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-4078
- CWE-20
- URL-http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11824
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12187
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=e2745d741ec11f395d41c0aafa24df9dec136399
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4078
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