Security Advisory

CVE-2016-7177

5.9
MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not restrict the number of channels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Published Date September 9, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory