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 | — | alpine-linux-upgrade-wireshark | Sep 20, 2017 | Apr 25, 2016 |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-wireshark | Jul 30, 2024 | Apr 25, 2016 | |
| F5 Big Ip | f5-bigip-upgrade-latest | Jun 17, 2026 | Jun 24, 2016 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-wiresharkfreebsd-upgrade-package-wireshark-litefreebsd-upgrade-package-wireshark-qt5freebsd-upgrade-package-tsharkfreebsd-upgrade-package-tshark-lite | Dec 10, 2025 | May 2, 2016 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-2-0-3-0-175-3-9-0-3-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-tshark-2-0-3-0-175-3-9-0-3-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-wireshark-common-2-0-3-0-175-3-9-0-3-0 | May 29, 2017 | Apr 25, 2016 | |
| Redhat_linux | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Apr 22, 2016 | |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 25, 2016 | |
| Wireshark | wireshark-upgrade-2_0_3 | Oct 4, 2017 | Apr 25, 2016 |
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