CVE-2016-4006

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
Description
epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not limit the protocol-tree depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4006
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-04-25T10:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-12-03T03:27:24
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-25.html Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=8dc9551e1d56290e6f7f02cc38b77e1d211fd4a5
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12268
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4006
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4006
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:01:01 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:11:49 2016-04-25T10:59Z 2016-04-25T10:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:11:49 2016-12-03T03:27:24 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:11:49 Modified Vulnerability Status updated