CVE-2016-4417 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted packet triggering a buffer over-read in the GSM A-bis OML dissector.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-4417?
CVE-2016-4417 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 1 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_abis_oml.c in the GSM A-bis OML 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 (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4417?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2016-4417?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-4417 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4417 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4417, GHSA-35w3-9295-x8r4, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4417.