CVE-2016-7957
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.33%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-7957
To remediate CVE-2016-7957, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-7957 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |