CVE-2016-7178
Moderate
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.
Exploit probability
2.4%
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-2016-7178
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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.
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=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