VDB
CVE-2016-2522
CVE-2016-2522
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.22% · 44.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.22%
44.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wireshark | 0, *, * |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wireshark | 2.4.4-1, 0, 2.4.3-1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | wireshark | 1.10.2-1, 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1.10.6-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11828 (vulncheck-nvd)
Timeline
- Feb 28, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2522 third-party-advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-02.html third-party-advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=9b2f3f7c5c9205381cb72e42b66e97d8ed3abf63 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11828 third-party-advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-02.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2522 third-party-advisory