CVE-2016-6509

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-08-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c in the LDSS dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 mishandles conversations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) 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 (+12)

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3648
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-45.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12662
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5a469ddc893f7c1912d0e15cc73bd3011e6cc2fb
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3648
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-45.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12662
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5a469ddc893f7c1912d0e15cc73bd3011e6cc2fb

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