Medium severity · published Nov 17, 2016
CVE-2016-9373
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DCERPC dissector could crash with a use-after-free, triggered by network traffic or a capture file
5.9
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DCERPC dissector could crash with a use-after-free, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-nt.c and epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c by using the wmem file scope for private strings.
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)1.7% · higher than 77% 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; +4 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9373
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9373
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3719
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94369
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037313
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13072
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cc8e37f0f53c4401bb1644a34eddea345940a8df
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-61.html
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