Medium severity · published Jan 8, 2019
CVE-2019-5716
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5, the 6LoWPAN dissector could crash
5.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5, the 6LoWPAN dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-6lowpan.c by avoiding use of a TVB before its creation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.6.0 through 2.6.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5716
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5716
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106482
Exploit
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15217
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b2eea1793dbff813896e1ae9dff1bedb39ee010
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00022.html
Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35
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