5.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-5356
Wireshark sscanf Denial of Service
Description

wiretap/cosine.c in the CoSine 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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 7, 2016, 4:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 28, 2016, 8:24 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-5356 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wireshark wireshark

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 23, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 11, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    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 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-35.html No Types Assigned https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-35.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12395 No Types Assigned https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12395 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3 Mailing List
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 09, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.31 }} 0.00%

score

0.65318

percentile

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