CVE-2016-7958: In Wireshark 2.2.0, the NCP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in…

PriorityP336high7.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

2.21%

80.7th percentile

In Wireshark 2.2.0, the NCP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/CMakeLists.txt by registering this dissector.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wireshark	< wireshark 2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1 (bookworm)	wireshark 2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1 (bookworm)
wireshark	wireshark	—	—
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1	2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1	2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1	2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1	2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv7.5HIGH

vendor_debian7.5HIGH

vendor_redhat7.5HIGH

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