CVE-2016-7178

MEDIUM

Wireshark 2.x < 2.0.6 - Denial of Service via UMTS FP Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not ensure that memory is allocated for certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access and application crash) via a crafted packet.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-53.html
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://code.wireshark.org/review/17094
Third Party Advisory 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 0.0056
EPSS Percentile 68.4%
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-787
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