CVE-2016-7178
N/A
Published: September 9, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
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References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12751x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://code.wireshark.org/review/17094x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-53.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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