Medium severity · published Sep 9, 2016
CVE-2016-7178
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…
5.9
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
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)2.3% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
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-2016-7178
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7178
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12751
Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/17094
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=315bba7c645b75af24215c6303d187b188610bba
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-53.html
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