CVE-2016-5359

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% 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-119

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 mishandles offsets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and 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 (+6)

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12408
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/b8e0d416898bb975a02c1b55883342edc5b4c9c0
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-38.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12408
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/b8e0d416898bb975a02c1b55883342edc5b4c9c0
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-38.html

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