Medium severity · published Sep 9, 2016
CVE-2016-7175
epan/dissectors/packet-qnet6.c in the QNX6 QNET dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 mishandles MAC address data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
5.9
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-qnet6.c in the QNX6 QNET dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 mishandles MAC address data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.0.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.0.3; 2.0.4; 2.0.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7175
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7175
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11850
Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/16965
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1396f6ad555178f6b81cc1a65f9cb37b2d99aebf
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-50.html
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