CVE-2016-4006

MEDIUM

Wireshark <1.12.11-2.0.3 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not limit the protocol-tree depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted packet.

References (6)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-25.html

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12268

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8dc9551e1d56290e6f7f02cc38b77e1d211fd4a5

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0020

EPSS Percentile 41.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status draft

Affected Products (14)

wireshark/wireshark

Timeline

Published Apr 25, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026