CVE-2016-4076

MEDIUM

Wireshark <2.0.3 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NCP dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly initialize memory for search patterns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

References (4)

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

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-19.html

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11591

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea8e6955fcff21333c203bc00f69d5025761459b

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 37.8%

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-284

Status draft

Affected Products (3)

wireshark/wireshark

Timeline

Published Apr 25, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026