wireshark: Bluetooth L2CAP dissector crash
Published Apr 12, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.69%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0, the Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btl2cap.c by avoiding use of a seven-byte memcmp for potentially shorter strings.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
wireshark
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.69% (0.01685) | 76.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.69% (0.01685) | 73.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.39% (0.00394) | 58.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.32% (0.00321) | 71.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.32% (0.00321) | 69.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00321) | 67.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.31% (0.00311) | 65.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97597 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7957 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12825 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381837 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=355b56b1c6c545072ac0c1225730b526c6749f0a x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7957
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7957
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-56.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97597 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7957 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12825 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381837 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=355b56b1c6c545072ac0c1225730b526c6749f0a | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7957 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7957 | ||
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-56.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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