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CVE-2016-2527

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2016-03-01	wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2016-2527 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2016-2527
Phase	Assigned(20160220)

Description

wiretap/nettrace_3gpp_32_423.c in the 3GPP TS 32.423 Trace file parser in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not ensure that a '\0' character is present at the end of certain strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted file.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-07.html
CONFIRM	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11982
CONFIRM	https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=140aad08e081489b5cdb715cb5bca01db856fded