CVE-2016-4076

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CVSS 3.0

5.9 medium

EPSS

2%p76

Published

Apr 25, 2016 (Apr 25, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NCP dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly initialize memory for search patterns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Vendors: wireshark
Products: wireshark
Weakness: CWE-284
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 (1.7%)

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