Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2016-4077
Published: April 25, 2016 / Updated: March 24, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40335
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4077
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Affected software
Wireshark
How to mitigate CVE-2016-4077
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-20.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11799
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=651
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=c5b2c1e8f40cee913bd70fcc00284483b3c92fcd