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CVE-2016-4078
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-04-25T10:59:03.490 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:46:51.110

Summary

The IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly restrict element lists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c and epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c.

Affected products

wireshark — wireshark

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References

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