CVE-2016-2525
Moderate
CVE-2016-2525
epan/dissectors/packet-http2.c in the HTTP/2 dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not limit the amount of header data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted packet.
Exploit probability
3.1%
Published
February 28, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
7 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-2525
View original source
epan/dissectors/packet-http2.c in the HTTP/2 dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not limit the amount of header data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted packet.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-05.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12077
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a47ac7624993b99966e1d813245ffb419a2d201
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05