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CVE-2016-5358

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% 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-20

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-pktap.c in the Ethernet dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles the packet-header data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

• Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3
• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3

References

• 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://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12440
• https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/2c13e97d656c1c0ac4d76eb9d307664aae0e0cf7
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-37.html
• 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://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12440
• https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/2c13e97d656c1c0ac4d76eb9d307664aae0e0cf7
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-37.html

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