Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions [,1.12.11)[2.0.0, 2.0.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318072
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed25 Apr 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-4079  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.12.11, 2.0.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds 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.

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