Bug 1381838 (CVE-2016-7958, wnpa-sec-2016-57) - CVE-2016-7958 wireshark: NCP dissector crash
Summary: CVE-2016-7958 wireshark: NCP dissector crash
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2016-7958, wnpa-sec-2016-57
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2016-10-05 07:51 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-02-17 03:14 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: wireshark 2.2.1
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Last Closed: 2016-10-05 07:52:16 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-10-05 07:51:45 UTC 
It was reported that Wireshark's NCP 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=12945

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-57.html
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