CVE-2016-5357

Description

wiretap/netscreen.c in the NetScreen 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.

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-36.html

https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/6a140eca7b78b230f1f90a739a32257476513c78

https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/11edc83b98a61e890d7bb01855389d40e984ea82

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12396

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3