High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2016-7958
CVE-2016-7958
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0, the NCP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/CMakeLists.txt by registering this dissector.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
4- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93463nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-57.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitwebnvd
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