CVE-2016-5350

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c in the SPOOLS component in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles unexpected offsets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.12.0, 1.12.1, 1.12.2, 1.12.3, 1.12.4, 1.12.5 (+10)

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/b4d16b4495b732888e12baf5b8a7e9bf2665e22b
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-29.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/b4d16b4495b732888e12baf5b8a7e9bf2665e22b
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-29.html

Get alerted when CVE-2016-5350 or the next vulnerability affects your stack