vulnerability

Wireshark : CVE-2016-6505 : PacketBB crash

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 6, 2016
Added
Apr 25, 2018
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c in the PacketBB 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 (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Solutions

wireshark-upgrade-1_12_13wireshark-upgrade-2_0_5
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