What is CVE-2016-4415?

CVE-2016-4415 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-4415?

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

Buffer overflow in Wireshark

CVE-2016-4415

wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.2 incorrectly increases a certain octet count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.017 (75.1th 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
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4415?: CVE-2016-4415 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-4415?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.