CVE-2016-4079
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.9 · Memory corruption
5.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-22.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12206
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4cdc9eeba58f866bd5f273e9c5b3876857a7a4bf