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CVE-2016-4079

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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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published4/25/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxoracle:solariswireshark:wireshark

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-22.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12206(cve@mitre.org)

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4cdc9eeba58f866bd5f273e9c5b3876857a7a4bf(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-22.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12206(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4cdc9eeba58f866bd5f273e9c5b3876857a7a4bf(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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