VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-7179
Stack-based buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 2.65%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
- 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
- 2.65% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12752Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/17095Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3b97fbddc23c065727b0147aab52a27c4aadffe7
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-54.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12752Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/17095Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3b97fbddc23c065727b0147aab52a27c4aadffe7
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-54.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.