CVE-2016-7178

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.9 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2016-09-09

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Wireshark (Wireshark)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12751
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/17094
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=315bba7c645b75af24215c6303d187b188610bba
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-53.html