CVE-2019-5716

Public Exploit

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5, the 6LoWPAN dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-6lowpan.c by avoiding use of a TVB before its creation.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.18%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00022.html third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106482 third party advisory vdb entry
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b2eea1793dbff813896e1ae9dff1bedb39ee010
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-01.html vendor advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15217 vendor advisory issue tracking exploit
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35 third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-5716?
CVE-2019-5716 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-5716?
To fix CVE-2019-5716, 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-2019-5716 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-5716 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. 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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