CVE-2016-4079 in Wireshark

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.

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• Reservation: 04/24/2016
• Disclosure: 04/25/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-82837
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 5.6
• EPSS: 0.00228
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4079
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4079
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-4079/