CVE-2016-6509 in Wireshark

Summary

epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c in the LDSS dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 mishandles conversations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

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• Reservation: 08/01/2016
• Disclosure: 08/06/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-90666
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-20 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00209
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6509
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6509
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-6509/