CVE-2016-9375 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-3996 documents6 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedNov 17
Latest updateMay 17

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DTN dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dtn.c by checking whether SDNV evaluation was successful.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark10 versions+9

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-v8rx-p8p8-52fx: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-9375: In Wireshark 2↗2016-11-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: DTN infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-62)↗2016-11-16
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Debian
CVE-2016-9375: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DTN dissector could go into ...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9375 wireshark: DTN infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-62)↗2016-11-18
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