CVE-2016-7179

MEDIUM

Debian Linux - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

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.

References (6)

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/17095

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

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

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12752

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3b97fbddc23c065727b0147aab52a27c4aadffe7

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-54.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0068

EPSS Percentile 71.3%

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

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Sep 09, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026