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CVE-2016-7178 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12751	CVE	Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/17094	CVE	Issue TrackingPatch
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=315bba7c645b75af24215c6303d187b188610bba	CVE
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-53.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12751	[email protected]	Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/17094	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatch
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=315bba7c645b75af24215c6303d187b188610bba	[email protected]
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-53.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-787	Out-of-bounds Write	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wireshark wireshark	2.0.0 2.0.1 2.0.2 2.0.3 2.0.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 27, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 9, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 9, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]