CVE-2016-7176

MEDIUM

Wireshark 2.x < 2.0.6 - Denial of Service via H.225 Dissector Buffer Overlap

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://code.wireshark.org/review/16852
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-51.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0051
EPSS Percentile 66.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (7)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
wireshark/wireshark 2.0.0
wireshark/wireshark 2.0.1
wireshark/wireshark 2.0.2
wireshark/wireshark 2.0.3
wireshark/wireshark 2.0.4
wireshark/wireshark 2.0.5
Published Sep 09, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026