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ubuntu-cve-2016-5356

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2016-08-07 16:59

Modified

2026-04-22 07:38

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5356	REPORT
	https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-…	REPORT
	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?…	REPORT
	https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/a66…	REPORT
	https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/f5e…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5356	REPORT

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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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  ]
}

CVE-2016-5356 (GCVE-0-2016-5356)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-07 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:00

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

8 references

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/f5e…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/a66…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-06-08 00:00

Show details on NVD website

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2016-5356 (GCVE-0-2016-5356)

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