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% · 44.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.22%
44.1th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSwireshark0, *, *
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSwireshark2.4.2-1, 0, 2.4.3-1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSwireshark1.10.3-1, 1.10.2-1, 0

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