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CVE-2019-5716

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5, the 6LoWPAN dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-6lowpan.c by avoiding use of a TVB before its creation.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: from 2.6.0 through 2.6.5

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106482
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15217
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b2eea1793dbff813896e1ae9dff1bedb39ee010
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00022.html
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-01.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106482
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15217
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b2eea1793dbff813896e1ae9dff1bedb39ee010

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