CVE-2016-6512

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-08-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-wap.c in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 omits an overflow check in the tvb_get_guintvar function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet, related to the MMSE, WAP, WBXML, and WSP dissectors.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92174
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-48.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12661
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2193bea3212d74e2a907152055e27d409b59485e
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40195/
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92174
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-48.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12661

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