CVE-2019-5716
Moderate
CVE-2019-5716
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.
Exploit probability
1.4%
Published
January 8, 2019
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
17 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2019-5716
View original source
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106482
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15217
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b2eea1793dbff813896e1ae9dff1bedb39ee010
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00022.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-01.html