CVE-2016-9373
wireshark - security update
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.70%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DCERPC dissector could crash with a use-after-free, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-nt.c and epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c by using the wmem file scope for private strings.
How to fix CVE-2016-9373
To remediate CVE-2016-9373, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u5 or later
- —upgrade to 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u10 or later
Is CVE-2016-9373 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1
- from 0, < 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u5
- from 0, < 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |