epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (10)

• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-05.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20120328 Re: CVE Request: Multiple wireshark security flaws resolved in 1.4.12 and 1.6.6 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• wireshark-ieee-dos(74362) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6809 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15244 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40967 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2012-5243 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 52738 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 48548 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1026874 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 19:01 UTC.