CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-5350

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The SPOOLS component in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles unexpected offsets, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt system operation, leading to a service outage.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Wireshark to version 1.12.12 or 2.0.4 to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c in the SPOOLS component in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles unexpected offsets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS