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CVE-2016-4084

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Integer signedness error in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c in the MS-WSP dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers an unexpected array size.

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-2016-27.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12341
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=66417b17b3570b163a16ca81f71ce5bcb10548d2
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-27.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12341
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=66417b17b3570b163a16ca81f71ce5bcb10548d2

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