Medium severity · published Nov 17, 2016
CVE-2016-9372
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1, the Profinet I/O dissector could loop excessively, triggered by network traffic or a capture file
5.9
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1, the Profinet I/O dissector could loop excessively, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in plugins/profinet/packet-pn-rtc-one.c by rejecting input with too many I/O objects.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.2.0; 2.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9372
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9372
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94368
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037313
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12851
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4127e3930ef663114567002001f44e01eba8a250
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-58.html
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