CVE-2016-7957

wireshark: Bluetooth L2CAP dissector crash

Published Apr 12, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0, the Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btl2cap.c by avoiding use of a seven-byte memcmp for potentially shorter strings.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8805 In Wireshark 2.2.0, the Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btl2cap.c by avoiding use of a seven-byte memcmp for potentially shorter strings.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00369}

epss

{'score': 0.00333}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:13 AM
Reserved
Sep 9, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 12, 2017, 10:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:53 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 4, 2016, 12:00 AM