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CVE-2016-7179

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Date: September 9, 2016

Stack-based buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Language: Python

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Related Resources (11)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7179
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12752
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-54.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7179
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760
https://code.wireshark.org/review/17095
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7179
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7179
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3b97fbddc23c065727b0147aab52a27c4aadffe7
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7179

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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