CVE-2016-7176

MEDIUM

Wireshark - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

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 crafted packet.

References (6)

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12700

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/16852

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d8261994bb928b7e80e3a2478a3d939ea1ef373

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-51.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0051

EPSS Percentile 65.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Affected Products (8)

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

debian/debian_linux

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Sep 09, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026