cve/2016/CVE-2016-5356.md

### [CVE-2016-5356](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5356)
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### Description

wiretap/cosine.c in the CoSine file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles sscanf unsigned-integer processing, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12395

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.