CVE-2016-2531 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted packet triggering an out-of-bounds read in the RSL dissector.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-2531?
CVE-2016-2531 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
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2530.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2531?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2531?
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-2016-2531 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2531 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2531, GHSA-ph32-cpjm-4xvh, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2531.