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CVE-2016-4078

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 2.12%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-04-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-4078
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
2.12%

Original NVD Description

The IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly restrict element lists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c and epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c.