DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4078

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4078
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4078.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4078
Upstream
Published
2016-04-25T10:59:03Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:10:19Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.3+geed34f0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.3+geed34f0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.3+geed34f0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.3+geed34f0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}