CVE-2019-5716

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    CVE-2019-5716

    Published: 8 Jan 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html, https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b2eea1793dbff813896e1ae9dff1bedb39ee010, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106482, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00022.html, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416, https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-01.html, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15217

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- c7239f0201292253817c7c4c9a394a47113ca55c
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    wireshark-2.6.5
    wireshark-2.6.4
    wireshark-2.6.3
    wireshark-2.6.2
    wireshark-2.6.1
    wireshark-2.6.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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