CVE-2016-6509
Moderate
CVE-2016-6509
epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c in the LDSS dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 mishandles conversations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Exploit probability
2.1%
Published
August 6, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
18 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-6509
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epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c in the LDSS dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 mishandles conversations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3648
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-45.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12662
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5a469ddc893f7c1912d0e15cc73bd3011e6cc2fb