CVE-2016-4076 — Improper Access Control in Wireshark

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 62.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedApr 25
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.0.3+geed34f0-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.0.3+geed34f0-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-rrp6-4j2r-8qvq: epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-4076: epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222↗2016-04-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: NCP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-19)↗2016-04-22
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Debian
CVE-2016-4076: wireshark - epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NCP dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x befor...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4076 wireshark: NCP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-19)↗2016-04-25
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