CVE-2016-5359

wireshark: WBXML infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-38)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · June 7, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 mishandles offsets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE not specified