Denial of service vulnerability in the SPOOLS dissector in Wireshark via a malformed packet - CVE-2016-5350| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:36083 | Date: (C)2016-07-19 (M)2021-11-26 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 or 2.0.x before 2.0.4 and is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. A flaw is present in the SPOOLS dissector, which fails to handle injection of a malformed packet onto the wire. Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to cause Wireshark to consume excessive CPU resources.
| Platform: |
| Microsoft Windows 11 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
| Microsoft Windows Vista |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
