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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-7177

epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not restrict the number of channels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

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CVE-2016-7177

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Sept 2016, 10:59 UTC

epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not restrict the number of channels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

osv:CVE-2016-7177
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7177",
  "method": "structured",
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                    ],
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                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:40.824847456Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2e37b271c473e1cbd01d62ebe1f3b011fc9fe638",
        "https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-52.html",
        "https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12750",
        "https://code.wireshark.org/review/17096"
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        "value": "CVE-2016-7177",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435013,
  "published_at": "2016-09-09T10:59:03.213+00:00"
}