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CVE-2016-4421

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Published: May 1, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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5.9
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (12)

Products: Wireshark: Wireshark
Wireshark
1 product
Wireshark
Configuration A
12 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Wireshark
Wireshark
Version 1.12.0
Wireshark
Version 1.12.1
Wireshark
Version 1.12.2
Wireshark
Version 1.12.3
Wireshark
Version 1.12.4
Wireshark
Version 1.12.5
Wireshark
Version 1.12.6
Wireshark
Version 1.12.7
Wireshark
Version 1.12.8
Wireshark
Version 1.12.9
Wireshark
Version 2.0.0
Wireshark
Version 2.0.1

Related CWEs

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (10)

Source: cve@mitre.org
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Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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