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CVE-2016-2524

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Date: February 27, 2016

epan/dissectors/packet-x509af.c in the X.509AF dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 mishandles the algorithm ID, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Language: C

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Related Resources (9)

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-04.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2524
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12002
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5a8020a1b6bb73fcb8bb7eb7d53177bc8a9fc703
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2524
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2524
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-2524

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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