CVE-2016-4078

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.

Category

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.22%
Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685 vdb entry
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12187
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11824
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e2745d741ec11f395d41c0aafa24df9dec136399
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-4078?
CVE-2016-4078 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-4078?
To fix CVE-2016-4078, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-4078 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-4078 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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