Published: 09/09/2016 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.9 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.2

VMScore: 383

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x prior to 2.0.6 does not restrict the number of channels, which allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

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debian debian linux 8.0
wireshark wireshark 2.0.0
wireshark wireshark 2.0.4
wireshark wireshark 2.0.1
wireshark wireshark 2.0.2
wireshark wireshark 2.0.3
wireshark wireshark 2.0.5

It may be possible to make Wireshark crash via the Catapult DCT2000 dissector by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file ...

CWE-119 https://code.wireshark.org/review/17096 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-52.html https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12750 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2e37b271c473e1cbd01d62ebe1f3b011fc9fe638 https://nvd.nist.gov https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2016-7177

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