Bug 1375112 (CVE-2016-7176, wnpa-sec-2016-51) - CVE-2016-7176 wireshark: H.225 dissector crash
Summary: CVE-2016-7176 wireshark: H.225 dissector crash
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2016-7176, wnpa-sec-2016-51
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2016-09-12 08:22 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-02-17 03:21 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: wireshark 2.0.6
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Last Closed: 2016-09-12 08:24:07 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-09-12 08:22:04 UTC 
It was reported that Wireshark's H.225 dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Upstream bug(s):

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12700

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-51.html
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