CVE-2016-7180

MEDIUM

Debian Linux - Use After Free

Title source: rule

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi-trace.c in the IPMI trace dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not properly consider whether a string is constant, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted packet.

References (6)

[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=12782

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/17289

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5213496250aceff086404c568e3718ebc0060934

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-55.html

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-416

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