CVE-2019-5716

wireshark: reachable assertion in fast_ensure_contiguous() from 6LoWPAN dissector

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 8, 2019

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5, the 6LoWPAN dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-6lowpan.c by avoiding use of a TVB before its creation.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion