Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2016-4421

Disclosure Date: May 01, 2016
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Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) via a packet that specifies deeply nested data.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.9 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
2.2
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
High
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • wireshark

Products

  • wireshark 1.12.0,
  • wireshark 1.12.1,
  • wireshark 1.12.2,
  • wireshark 1.12.3,
  • wireshark 1.12.4,
  • wireshark 1.12.5,
  • wireshark 1.12.6,
  • wireshark 1.12.7,
  • wireshark 1.12.8,
  • wireshark 1.12.9,
  • wireshark 2.0.0,
  • wireshark 2.0.1
Technical Analysis