VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-5356

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.

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 2.49%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.49%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 2.49% probability · 84th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: wireshark/wireshark
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3Mailing List
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=12395Issue Tracking
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/a66628e425db725df1ac52a3c573a03357060ddd
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/f5ec0afb766f19519ea9623152cca3bbe2229500
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-35.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3Mailing List
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=12395Issue Tracking
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/a66628e425db725df1ac52a3c573a03357060ddd
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/f5ec0afb766f19519ea9623152cca3bbe2229500
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-35.htmlVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.