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Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-4420

CVE-2016-4420

Description

The NFS dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

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Affected products

3

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.2

Patches

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References

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www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-17.htmlnvdVendor Advisory

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