VDB
CVE-2016-4421
CVE-2016-4421
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 1.34% · 71.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.900000095367432
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
1.34%
71.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wireshark | 0, *, 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wireshark | 2.4.3-1, 0, 2.4.2-1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | wireshark | 1.10.2-1, 1.10.5-2, 1.10.6-1 |
Timeline
- May 1, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 31, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 23, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4421 third-party-advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-18.html third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11822 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4421 third-party-advisory