CVE-2016-7178
medium
CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.9
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not ensure that memory is allocated for certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 2.2.0-2 | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.2.0~rc1+g438c022-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.2.0~rc1+g438c022-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.2.0~rc1+g438c022-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.2.0~rc1+g438c022-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.2.0~rc1+g438c022-1 |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201609-27
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12751
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/17094
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=315bba7c645b75af24215c6303d187b188610bba
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-53.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7178.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7178
CWEs
CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.