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

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 · 86th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: debian/debian linux · wireshark/wireshark
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.7% 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
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.