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CVE-2016-4006
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-04-25T10:59:00.117 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:46:43.610

Summary

epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not limit the protocol-tree depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

wireshark — wireshark

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References

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