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CVE-2016-5354

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Aug 07, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5354
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

The USB subsystem in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles class types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WiresharkWireshark1.12.0 (including)1.12.0 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.12.1 (including)1.12.1 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.12.2 (including)1.12.2 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.12.3 (including)1.12.3 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.12.4 (including)1.12.4 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.12.5 (including)1.12.5 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.12.6 (including)1.12.6 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.12.7 (including)1.12.7 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.12.8 (including)1.12.8 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.12.9 (including)1.12.9 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.12.10 (including)1.12.10 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.12.11 (including)1.12.11 (including)
WiresharkWireshark2.0.0 (including)2.0.0 (including)
WiresharkWireshark2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
WiresharkWireshark2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
WiresharkWireshark2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
WiresharkUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
WiresharkUbuntuprecise*
WiresharkUbuntutrusty*
WiresharkUbuntutrusty/esm*
WiresharkUbuntuupstream*
WiresharkUbuntuwily*
WiresharkUbuntuxenial*
WiresharkUbuntuyakkety*
WiresharkUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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