CVE-2016-4085
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 3%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NCP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string in a packet.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (7)
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/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/87467x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-28.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12293Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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