CVE-2016-5356
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5356
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5356.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5356
- Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
openSUSE (1)
UBUNTU (1)
- Related
- Published
- 2016-08-07T16:59:10Z
- Modified
- 2026-05-17T11:53:56Z
- Severity
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- 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- 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.
- References
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- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-35.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12395
- https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/a66628e425db725df1ac52a3c573a03357060ddd
- https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/f5ec0afb766f19519ea9623152cca3bbe2229500
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3