CVE-2016-7177
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.9 · Memory corruption
5.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not restrict the number of channels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://code.wireshark.org/review/17096 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/17096Patch
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-52.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12750
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2e37b271c473e1cbd01d62ebe1f3b011fc9fe638