Medium severity · published Apr 25, 2016
CVE-2016-4079
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…
5.9
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
SO
Solaris · Oracle
11.3 · source: NVD
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
1.12.0; 1.12.1; 1.12.2; 1.12.3; 1.12.4; 1.12.5; +8 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4079
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4079
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685
Vendor Advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-22.html
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12206
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4cdc9eeba58f866bd5f273e9c5b3876857a7a4bf
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