CVE-2016-9373
MEDIUM5.9EPSS 1.2%wireshark - security update
Published: 11/17/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DCERPC dissector could crash with a use-after-free, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-nt.c and epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c by using the wmem file scope for private strings.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/wiresharkfrom 0, < 2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1
- Debian/wiresharkfrom 0, < 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u5
- Debian/wiresharkfrom 0, < 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |