CVE-2016-7176
Moderate
CVE-2016-7176
epan/dissectors/packet-h225.c in the H.225 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 calls snprintf with one of its input buffers as the output buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (copy overlap and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Exploit probability
2.5%
Published
September 9, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
23 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-7176
View original source
epan/dissectors/packet-h225.c in the H.225 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 calls snprintf with one of its input buffers as the output buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (copy overlap and application crash) via a crafted packet.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12700
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/16852
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d8261994bb928b7e80e3a2478a3d939ea1ef373
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-51.html