VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-4078

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-04-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly restrict element lists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c and epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references