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UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4419 (CVE-2016-4419)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-05-01 01:59 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:51 – Source website

Withdrawn 2025-07-18

Details

epan/dissectors/packet-spice.c in the SPICE dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.2 mishandles capability data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large loop) via a crafted packet.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4419	REPORT
	https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-…	REPORT
	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4419	REPORT

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CVE-2016-4419 (GCVE-0-2016-4419)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-01 01:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:35

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2230 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

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