CVE-2016-4077

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    CVE-2016-4077

    Published: 25 Apr 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: epan/reassemble.c in TShark in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.3 relies on incorrect special-case handling of truncated Tvb data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted packet.

    References: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685, https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c5b2c1e8f40cee913bd70fcc00284483b3c92fcd, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-20.html, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11799, https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=651

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 9a73b827b22c7ce9132e939b9f07ec4425fc2aa6
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.0
    2.0.1
    2.0.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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