CVE-2016-5356
N/A
Published: August 7, 2016 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
wiretap/cosine.c in the CoSine file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles sscanf unsigned-integer processing, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12395x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/a66628e425db725df1ac52a3c573a03357060dddx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/f5ec0afb766f19519ea9623152cca3bbe2229500x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-35.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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