VDB
GHSA-jjwq-pq85-jmhq
GHSA-jjwq-pq85-jmhq
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
epan/dissectors/packet-wap.c in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 omits an overflow check in the tvb_get_guintvar function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet, related to the MMSE, WAP, WBXML, and WSP dissectors.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
5.900000095367432
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2193bea3212d74e2a907152055e27d409b59485e url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480 url
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12661 url
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=2193bea3212d74e2a907152055e27d409b59485e url
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3 url
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-48.html url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6512 advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40195 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92174 url