{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2531","details":"Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2530.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:04:21.005450Z","published":"2016-02-28T04:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-2531"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2531"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-10.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=de65fd6b00d0b891930324b9549c93ccfe9cac30"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11829"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-10.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2531"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"wireshark","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/wireshark@1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["1.10.2-1","1.10.3-1","1.10.5-1ubuntu1","1.10.5-2","1.10.6-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libwireshark-data","binary_version":"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libwireshark5","binary_version":"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libwiretap4","binary_version":"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libwsutil4","binary_version":"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"tshark","binary_version":"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"wireshark","binary_version":"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"wireshark-common","binary_version":"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"wireshark-qt","binary_version":"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2531.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}