Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Apr 25, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-4083

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c in the MS-WSP dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not ensure that data is available before array allocation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

Wireshark/Wireshark3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-27.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685nvd
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
code.wireshark.org/review/gitwebnvd

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