What is CVE-2016-4077?

CVE-2016-4077 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2016-4077?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Wireshark

CVE-2016-4077

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.

EPSS: 0.020 (78.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Wireshark — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4077?: CVE-2016-4077 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-4077?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.