CVE-2016-6503 Information

Description

The CORBA IDL dissectors in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 on 64-bit Windows platforms do not properly interact with Visual C++ compiler options which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92162 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-39.html https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12495 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=581a17af40b84ef0c9e7f41ed0795af345b61ce1 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40196/

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