High
Security advisory
epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c in the SPOOLS component in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles unexpected offsets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-5350
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:19 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c in the SPOOLS component in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles unexpected offsets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.
osv:CVE-2016-5350
Complete source record
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