CVE-2016-7177: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not restrict the number of channels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Wireshark Wireshark: version 2.0.0 only; version 2.0.1 only; version 2.0.2 only; version 2.0.3 only; version 2.0.4 only; version 2.0.5 only

Published 2016-09-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.