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-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 2.x prior to 2.0.6 does not ensure that memory is allocated for certain data structures, which allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (invalid write access and application crash) via a crafted packet.

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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
debian debian linux 8.0

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

CWE-787 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-53.html https://code.wireshark.org/review/17094 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12751 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=315bba7c645b75af24215c6303d187b188610bba https://nvd.nist.gov https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2016-7178

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