CVE-2016-7180 — Use After Free in Wireshark

CWE-416 — Use After Free6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 9
Latest updateMay 17

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi-trace.c in the IPMI trace dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not properly consider whether a string is constant, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.2.0~rc1+g438c022-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.2.0~rc1+g438c022-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark6 versions+5

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: code.wireshark.org ↗Patch: code.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pq6r-wvvh-jm62: epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi-trace↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-7180: epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi-trace↗2016-09-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: IPMI Trace dissector crash↗2016-09-08
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Debian
CVE-2016-7180: wireshark - epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi-trace.c in the IPMI trace dissector in Wireshark 2.x...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-7180 wireshark: IPMI Trace dissector crash↗2016-09-12
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