CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-4079

5.9 MEDIUM Published 2016-04-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-04-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-pktc.c in the PKTC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not verify BER identifiers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected configurations

• debian debian linux 8.0 • oracle solaris 11.3 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.0 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.1 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.2 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.3 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.4 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.5 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.6 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.7 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.8 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.9 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.10 • wireshark wireshark 2.0.0 • wireshark wireshark 2.0.1 • wireshark wireshark 2.0.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References