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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade wireshark | Sep 20, 2017 | Apr 25, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Jul 30, 2024 | Apr 25, 2016 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Jun 24, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade wireshark-qt5Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade wireshark-liteUpgrade tshark-liteUpgrade tshark | Dec 10, 2025 | May 2, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 2.0.3-0.175.3.9.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 2.0.3-0.175.3.9.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 2.0.3-0.175.3.9.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Apr 25, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Apr 22, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 25, 2016 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.0.3 | Oct 4, 2017 | Apr 25, 2016 |
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