VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-7176

epan/dissectors/packet-h225.c in the H.225 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 calls snprintf with one of its input buffers as the output buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (copy overlap and application crash) via a…

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 2.51%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 2.51% probability · 85th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: wireshark/wireshark · debian/debian linux
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12700Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/16852Issue Tracking, Patch
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d8261994bb928b7e80e3a2478a3d939ea1ef373
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-51.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12700Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/16852Issue Tracking, Patch
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d8261994bb928b7e80e3a2478a3d939ea1ef373
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-51.htmlVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.