{"id":"CVE-2016-4006","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4006","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:51:04.465Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2016-04-25T10:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:46:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["wireshark/wireshark"],"epss":{"score":0.02316,"percentile":0.83313,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-25.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12268","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8dc9551e1d56290e6f7f02cc38b77e1d211fd4a5","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-25.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12268","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8dc9551e1d56290e6f7f02cc38b77e1d211fd4a5","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4006","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}