CVE-2016-2530

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg function in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 mishandles the case of an unrecognized TLV type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2531.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.12.0, 1.12.1, 1.12.2, 1.12.3, 1.12.4, 1.12.5 (+6)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00016.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3516
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-10.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11829
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2930d3105c3ff2bfb1278b34ad10e2e71c3b8fb0
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00016.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3516

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