CVE-2016-6503

Published: 6 August 2016

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.

Notes

Author	Note
sbeattie	windows only

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
wireshark Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable (windows only)
	trusty	Not vulnerable (windows only)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (windows only)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.9
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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