CVE-2016-7958

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7958
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-12 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.2.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.wireshark.org
Wireshark NCP Dissector 'packet-ncp2222.inc' Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2016-57 · NCP dissector crash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
12945 – CMake builds don't register the NCP dissector, so the resulting Wireshark/TShark crashes with NCP packets af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org Issue Tracking, Patch
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit MITRE code.wireshark.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671108 EulerOS Security Update for wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2019-2425)
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