CVE-2016-6503 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark on 64-bit Windows via crafted packets due to improper handling in CORBA IDL dissectors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-6503?
CVE-2016-6503 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 6 Aug 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The CORBA IDL dissectors in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 on 64-bit Windows platforms do not properly interact with Visual C++ compiler options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6503?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6503?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6503 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-6503 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-6503 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as GHSA-92q6-c8gm-2php.