CVE-2016-2522
N/A
Published: February 28, 2016 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-02.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11828Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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