vulnwire
5.9med

CVE-2016-9375

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…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.9
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.6%
percentile 76%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.58% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

  • code.wireshark.org /review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=be6a10afc59f8182b9884d02f9857d547539fe8a · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1037313 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • wireshark.org /security/wnpa-sec-2016-62.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3719 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • bugs.wireshark.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13097 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/94369 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.