CVE-2016-6510 in Wireshark

Summary

Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and 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-90667
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-189 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00206
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6510
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6510
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-6510/