CVE-2016-2528

medium

Description

The dissect_nhdr_extopt function in epan/dissectors/packet-lbmc.c in the LBMC dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not validate length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1c090e929269a78bf7a4cb3dc0d34565f4351312

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11984

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-08.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-02-28

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

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

Severity: Medium