CVE-2016-4077

MEDIUM

Wireshark <2.0.3 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

epan/reassemble.c in TShark in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.3 relies on incorrect special-case handling of truncated Tvb data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted packet.

References (5)

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

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-20.html

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11799

[Exploit] https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=651

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c5b2c1e8f40cee913bd70fcc00284483b3c92fcd

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0022

EPSS Percentile 44.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (3)

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

Timeline

Published Apr 25, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026