CVE-2016-9375
Moderate
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 file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dtn.c by checking whether SDNV evaluation was successful.
Exploit probability
1.6%
Published
November 17, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
10 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-9375
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3719
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94369
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037313
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13097
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=be6a10afc59f8182b9884d02f9857d547539fe8a
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-62.html