Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions [0,2.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.62% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318046
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed1 May 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 May 2016

CVE-2016-4415  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 2.0.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.2 incorrectly increases a certain octet count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted file.

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