CVE-2016-5357 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5357?

CVE-2016-5357 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 7 Aug 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

wiretap/netscreen.c in the NetScreen file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles sscanf unsigned-integer processing, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5357?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Oracle Solaris, Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5357?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-5357 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5357 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris

• CVE-2020-14871 Oracle Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS) Unspecified Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2019-3010 Oracle Solaris Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-46978 Missing authorization in Oracle Solaris Critical 10.0
• CVE-2017-3623 Other in Solaris Operating System Critical 10.0
• CVE-2014-0397 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Oracle Solaris vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5357, GHSA-722j-8652-44mj, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5357.