VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-7178

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-09-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references