CVE-2016-6505

Publication date 6 August 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c in the PacketBB dissector 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 (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
wireshark	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.9 · Medium
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

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-41.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12577
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=94e97e45cf614c7bb8fe90c23df52910246b2c95
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6505