{"id":"CVE-2016-4078","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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 ser","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.","publishedAt":"2016-04-25T10:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-06T00:17:30.878Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685","https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12187","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html","https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11824","https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e2745d741ec11f395d41c0aafa24df9dec136399","http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:42:43.384Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2016/4xxx/CVE-2016-4078.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2016-4078","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2016-04-25T10:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T00:17:30.878Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2016-04-24T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685","name":"1035685","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK"]},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12187","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11824","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e2745d741ec11f395d41c0aafa24df9dec136399","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2016-11-30T20:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"2016-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2016-4078","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"1035685","refsource":"SECTRACK","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685"},{"name":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12187","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12187"},{"name":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html"},{"name":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11824","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11824"},{"name":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=e2745d741ec11f395d41c0aafa24df9dec136399","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=e2745d741ec11f395d41c0aafa24df9dec136399"},{"name":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685","name":"1035685","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12187","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11824","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e2745d741ec11f395d41c0aafa24df9dec136399","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T00:17:30.878Z"}}]}}}