CVE-2016-6503

5.9 MEDIUM

Published: August 06, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

The CORBA IDL dissectors in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 on 64-bit Windows platforms do not properly interact with Visual C++ compiler options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92162

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-39.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12495

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=581a17af40b84ef0c9e7f41ed0795af345b61ce1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40196/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3