Medium
Security advisory
epan/dissectors/packet-wap.c in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 omits an overflow check in the tvb_get_guintvar function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet, related to the MMSE, WAP, WBXML, and WSP dissectors.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-6512
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:04 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
epan/dissectors/packet-wap.c in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 omits an overflow check in the tvb_get_guintvar function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet, related to the MMSE, WAP, WBXML, and WSP dissectors.
osv:CVE-2016-6512
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:48.130369907Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2193bea3212d74e2a907152055e27d409b59485e",
"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40195/",
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"published_at": "2016-08-06T23:59:12.337+00:00"
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