CVE-2016-4085
medium
CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.9
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NCP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string in a packet.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.0.0~rc2+g74e5b56-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.0.0~rc2+g74e5b56-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.0.0~rc2+g74e5b56-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.0.0~rc2+g74e5b56-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.0.0~rc2+g74e5b56-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.12.0 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.12.1 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.12.2 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.12.3 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.12.4 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.12.5 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.12.6 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.12.7 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.12.8 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.12.9 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.12.10 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.0.0 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.0.1 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.0.2 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4085.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/87467
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-28.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12293
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=99efcb0f5aeeb4b2179e88c7a4233022aaeecf0b
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4085
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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