CVE-2016-6510 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a stack-based buffer overflow in the RLC dissector of Wireshark.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-6510?
CVE-2016-6510 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6510?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6510?
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-2016-6510 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6510 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-6510, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6510, GHSA-2px3-3hpp-ch4w, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6510.