CVE-2016-2522
Published Feb 28, 2016
Last updated a year ago
Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.9
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 2.2
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.3
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-119
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "80E2A443-32DB-4C8B-8D2D-AE4F80A154A1"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "2EF0B55F-A412-48E2-9047-7CCA8442766D"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]