DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2522

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2522 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.900000095367432

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	wireshark	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	wireshark	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	wireshark	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	wireshark	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Feb 28, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2522 advisory

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