CVE-2016-7958

HIGH

Wireshark 2.2.0 - Denial of Service in NCP Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0, the NCP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/CMakeLists.txt by registering this dissector.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12945
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-57.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93463

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0039
EPSS Percentile 60.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
wireshark/wireshark 2.2.0
Published Apr 12, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026