Memory Allocation Vulnerability in UMTS FP Dissector in Wireshark 2.x

CVE-2016-7178 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not ensure that memory is allocated for certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access and application crash) via a crafted packet.

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