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CVE-2016-4416

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-05-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.2 mishandles the Grouping subfield, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 2.0.0, 2.0.1

References

• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11818
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-13.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11818
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-13.html

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