wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-21)
Published Apr 25, 2016
5.9
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.12%
Description
The IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly restrict element lists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c and epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.1
- 1.12.2
- 1.12.3
- 1.12.4
- 1.12.5
- 1.12.6
- 1.12.7
- 1.12.8
- 1.12.9
- 1.12.10
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
wireshark
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02116) | 81.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02116) | 79.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.22% (0.00225) | 43.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 73.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 71.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 68.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4078 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11824 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12187 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330068 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e2745d741ec11f395d41c0aafa24df9dec136399 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4078
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4078
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4078 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11824 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12187 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330068 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e2745d741ec11f395d41c0aafa24df9dec136399 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4078 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4078 | ||
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html |
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