CVE-2016-6511

MEDIUM5.9EPSS 0.28%

Published: 8/6/2016Modified: 11/19/2025

Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2016-6511DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6511

Description

epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OpenFlow dissector large loop) via a crafted packet.

Affected packages (2)

Alpine/wiresharkfrom 0, < 2.0.5-r0
Debian/wiresharkfrom 0, < 2.0.5+ga3be9c6-1

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM5.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (2)

ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-6511
ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6511