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CVE-2016-4077

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

epan/reassemble.c in TShark in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.3 relies on incorrect special-case handling of truncated Tvb data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-20.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11799
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=651
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c5b2c1e8f40cee913bd70fcc00284483b3c92fcd
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-20.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11799
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=651
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c5b2c1e8f40cee913bd70fcc00284483b3c92fcd

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