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CVE-2016-4415

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2016-03-01	wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2016-4415 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2016-4415
Phase	Assigned(20160430)

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.

References

Source	Reference
MISC	https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=647
CONFIRM	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11795
CONFIRM	https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-12.html