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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2016-5079 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:17:30.878Z
Reserved: 2016-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-4078
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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-04-25T10:59:03.490
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2016-4078
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD