CVE-2016-4080

MEDIUM

Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.11 and 2.0.x < 2.0.3 - Denial of Service via PKTC Dissector Timestamp Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 misparses timestamp fields, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-23.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 58.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (14)
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.1
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.2
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.3
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.4
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.5
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.6
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.7
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.8
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.9
... and 4 more
Published Apr 25, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026