CVE-2016-6512

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

06/08/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

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:2.0.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.4:::::::*

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:2.0.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.4:::::::*

CVE-2016-6512

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools