CVE-2016-9372

5.9 MEDIUM

Published: November 17, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94368

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037313

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12851

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4127e3930ef663114567002001f44e01eba8a250

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-58.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94368