CVE-2016-5357 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12396 https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/11edc83b98a61e890d7bb01855389d40e984ea82 https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/6a140eca7b78b230f1f90a739a32257476513c78 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-36.html

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.9