CVE-2016-4415 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11795 https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=647 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-12.html

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