CVE-2016-4415

MEDIUM

Wireshark 2.x < 2.0.2 - Denial of Service via Ixia IxVeriWave File Parser

Title source: llm

Description

wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.2 incorrectly increases a certain octet count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted file.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11795

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-12.html

Exploit x_refsource_misc

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=647

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0039

EPSS Percentile 60.0%

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 (2)

wireshark/wireshark 2.0.0

wireshark/wireshark 2.0.1

Published May 01, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026