The AirPDcapPacketProcess function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationship between the total length and the capture length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | alpine-linux-upgrade-wireshark | Aug 30, 2017 | Jan 4, 2016 |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-wireshark | Mar 8, 2016 | Jan 4, 2016 | |
| F5 Big Ip | f5-bigip-upgrade-latest | Jun 17, 2026 | Jun 24, 2016 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-analyzer-wireshark | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 4, 2016 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-wiresharkhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-wireshark-gnome | Dec 4, 2019 | Jan 4, 2016 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-1-12-9-0-175-3-5-0-4-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-tshark-1-12-9-0-175-3-5-0-4-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-wireshark-common-1-12-9-0-175-3-5-0-4-0 | May 29, 2017 | Jan 4, 2016 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-libwireshark13suse-upgrade-libwireshark8suse-upgrade-libwireshark9suse-upgrade-libwiretap10suse-upgrade-libwiretap6suse-upgrade-libwiretap7suse-upgrade-libwscodecs1suse-upgrade-libwsutil11suse-upgrade-libwsutil7suse-upgrade-libwsutil8suse-upgrade-wiresharksuse-upgrade-wireshark-develsuse-upgrade-wireshark-gtksuse-upgrade-wireshark-ui-qt | Feb 2, 2016 | Jan 4, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Jan 4, 2016 | |
| Wireshark | wireshark-upgrade-1_12_9wireshark-upgrade-2_0_1 | Oct 4, 2017 | Jan 4, 2016 |
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