Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark RLC Dissector

CVE-2016-6508 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large loop) via a crafted packet.

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