CVE-2016-4420

Publication date 1 May 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

The NFS dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
wireshark 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

only affects 2.0.x

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.9 · Medium

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

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