CVE-2016-4079 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Wireshark

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 54.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian LinuxOracle Solaris
Timeline
PublishedApr 25
Latest updateMay 17

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 does not verify BER identifiers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and 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

▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.0.3+geed34f0-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark14 versions+13
▶NVDoracle/solaris11.3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-qm2v-hmqj-w3r6: epan/dissectors/packet-pktc↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-4079: epan/dissectors/packet-pktc↗2016-04-25
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4079: epan/dissectors/packet-pktc↗2016-04-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: PKTC dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-22)↗2016-04-22
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Debian
CVE-2016-4079: wireshark - epan/dissectors/packet-pktc.c in the PKTC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4079 wireshark: PKTC dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-22)↗2016-04-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4006 CVE-2016-4078 CVE-2016-4079 CVE-2016-4080 CVE-2016-4081 CVE-2016-4082 CVE-2016-4085 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-04-25
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