CVE-2016-4079
N/A
Published: April 25, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxSolarisWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-pktc.c in the PKTC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not verify BER identifiers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-22.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12206Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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