Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU40326

#VU40326 Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2016-4420

Published: May 1, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU40326

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4420

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Wireshark

Software vendor:
Wireshark.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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.

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