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CVE-2016-5357

Published: Aug 7, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

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

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[oss-security] 20160609 Re: CVE Request: wireshark releases

mailing-list

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

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

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

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vendor-advisory

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vdb-entry

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

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