CVE-2016-4006

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CVSS 3.0

5.9 medium

EPSS

2%p82

Published

Apr 25, 2016 (Apr 25, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: wireshark
Products: wireshark
Weakness: CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.3%)

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