CVE-2016-4079 Information

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:H

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-22.html https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12206 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=4cdc9eeba58f866bd5f273e9c5b3876857a7a4bf

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.9