CVE-2016-5351

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

5.9 medium

EPSS

2%p83

Published

Aug 7, 2016 (Aug 7, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles the lack of an EAPOL_RSN_KEY, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Vendors: wireshark
Products: wireshark
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.4%)

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