CVE-2016-5355

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

07/08/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

wiretap/toshiba.c in the Toshiba file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles sscanf unsigned-integer processing, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.90 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.90

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.9:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.9:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:::::::*

CVE-2016-5355

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools