CVE-2016-7177

MEDIUM

Debian Linux - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not restrict the number of channels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

References (6)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0056
EPSS Percentile 67.9%
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)

debian/debian_linux
wireshark/wireshark
wireshark/wireshark
wireshark/wireshark
wireshark/wireshark
wireshark/wireshark
wireshark/wireshark
n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Sep 09, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026