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Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Apr 25, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-4078

CVE-2016-4078

Description

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

14
  • Wireshark/Wireshark14 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

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