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CVE-2016-4415

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.

Published

2016-05-01T01:59:01.143

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wireshark	wireshark	2.0.0	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	2.0.1	Yes

References

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11795 ([email protected])
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=647 Exploit ([email protected])
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-12.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11795 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=647 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-12.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)