CVE-2016-4420 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.79%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedMay 1
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The NFS dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.2 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 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.0.0, 2.0.1+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-rqgq-4hxw-52qf: The NFS dissector in Wireshark 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-4420: The NFS dissector in Wireshark 2↗2016-05-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: NFS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-17)↗2016-02-26
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Debian
CVE-2016-4420: wireshark - The NFS dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4420 wireshark: NFS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-17)↗2016-02-29
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