Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-4421
CVE-2016-4421
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) via a packet that specifies deeply nested data.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.12.10, <2.0.2
Patches
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References
5- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-18.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00015.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00016.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlnvd
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
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