CVE-2016-9376 — Wireshark vulnerability

CWE-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 OpenFlow dissector could crash with memory exhaustion, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-openflow_v5.c by ensuring that certain length values were sufficiently large.

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-c3r9-8878-x2vq: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-9376: In Wireshark 2↗2016-11-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: OpenFlow crash (wnpa-sec-2016-60)↗2016-11-16
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Debian
CVE-2016-9376: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the OpenFlow dissector could cra...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9376 wireshark: OpenFlow crash (wnpa-sec-2016-60)↗2016-11-18
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