Security advisory

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  "id": "33da369b773fe3b136f26def5c8994047bb0a44d7d1c55c6548b852b0ae8c8df",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7958",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-7958",
    "summary": "In 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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-7958",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-7958",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-7958"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "5368c50be46d4a44986d12bdfc0a35b42c0f34fc"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "5368c50be46d4a44986d12bdfc0a35b42c0f34fc"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.2.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.2.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.2.0",
            "wireshark-2.2.0",
            "v2.2.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7958.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "5368c50be46d4a44986d12bdfc0a35b42c0f34fc"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "5368c50be46d4a44986d12bdfc0a35b42c0f34fc"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.2.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.2.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.2.0",
            "wireshark-2.2.0",
            "v2.2.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7958.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:01.586514767Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67597cb2457fb843fa97d3f2c87b82dad6f0de07",
        "https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-57.html",
        "https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12945"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-7958",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439821,
  "published_at": "2017-04-12T10:59:00.307+00:00"
}