CVE-2016-2522
Wireshark ASN.1 BER Denial of Service Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability
Description
The dissect_ber_constrained_bitstring function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not verify that a certain length is nonzero, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 28, 2016, 4:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.2
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CVE-2016-2522 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118 Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-02.html Added Reference https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11828 Added Reference https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9b2f3f7c5c9205381cb72e42b66e97d8ed3abf63 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9b2f3f7c5c9205381cb72e42b66e97d8ed3abf63 [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=9b2f3f7c5c9205381cb72e42b66e97d8ed3abf63 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-02.html No Types Assigned http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-02.html Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11828 No Types Assigned https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11828 Advisory, Exploit Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2522 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2522
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.16 }} -0.47%
score
0.34128
percentile