vulnerability

Wireshark : CVE-2016-4415 : Ixia IxVeriWave file parser crash

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 30, 2016
Added
Oct 4, 2017
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.2 incorrectly increases a certain octet count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted file.

Solution

wireshark-upgrade-2_0_2
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