CVE-2016-4417 — 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 Buffer7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 55.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedMay 1
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_abis_oml.c in the GSM A-bis OML 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 a 0xff tag value.

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 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark12 versions+11

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-35w3-9295-x8r4: Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_abis_oml↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-4417: Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_abis_oml↗2016-05-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: GSM A-bis OML dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-14)↗2016-02-26
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Debian
CVE-2016-4417: wireshark - Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_abis_oml.c in the GSM A-bis OML d...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4417 wireshark: GSM A-bis OML dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-14)↗2016-02-29
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2523 CVE-2016-2530 CVE-2016-2531 CVE-2016-2532 CVE-2016-4417 CVE-2016-4418 CVE-2016-4421 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-02-29
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