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CVE-2016-7175

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-qnet6.c in the QNX6 QNET dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 mishandles MAC address data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11850
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/16965
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1396f6ad555178f6b81cc1a65f9cb37b2d99aebf
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-50.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11850
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/16965
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1396f6ad555178f6b81cc1a65f9cb37b2d99aebf
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-50.html

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