CVE-2016-7180: debian debian_linux Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7180 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Use After Free vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 09-09-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi-trace.c in the IPMI trace dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not properly consider whether a string is constant, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted packet.

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.