CVE-2016-9376
N/A
Published: November 17, 2016 at 05:48 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3719VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94369x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13071x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-60.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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