CVE-2016-7957 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 43.85%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedApr 12
Latest updateMay 17

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0, the Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btl2cap.c by avoiding use of a seven-byte memcmp for potentially shorter strings.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1+3

Patches

Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-w25r-fmpr-8r73: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-7957: In Wireshark 2↗2017-04-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: Bluetooth L2CAP dissector crash↗2016-10-04
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Debian
CVE-2016-7957: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.2.0, the Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash, triggered by pack...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-7957 wireshark: Bluetooth L2CAP dissector crash↗2016-10-05
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