CVE-2016-2528 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via stack-based buffer overflow in Wireshark's LBMC dissector by sending crafted packets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-2528?
CVE-2016-2528 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 28 Feb 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The dissect_nhdr_extopt function in epan/dissectors/packet-lbmc.c in the LBMC dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not validate length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2528?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2528?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-2528 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2528 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2528, GHSA-4c7r-2m52-xmv2, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2528.