CVE-2016-4418

MEDIUM

Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.10 and 2.x < 2.0.2 - Denial of Service via ASN.1 BER Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers an empty set.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00016.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00015.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-15.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 36.9%
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 (12)
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 2 more
Published May 01, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026