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CVE-2016-5354 Detail

Description

The USB subsystem in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles class types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/07/2016

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.9 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.2

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3 Mailing List
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12356 Issue Tracking VDB Entry
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/2cb5985bf47bdc8bea78d28483ed224abdd33dc6
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-33.html Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)

Change History

4 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5354
NVD Published Date:
08/07/2016
NVD Last Modified:
11/28/2016