VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-2523

medium
Published 2016-02-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.9

Description

The dnp3_al_process_object function in epan/dissectors/packet-dnp.c in the DNP3 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.0.2+ga16e22e-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.0.2+ga16e22e-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.0.2+ga16e22e-1
debian debiansidfixed2.0.2+ga16e22e-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.0.2+ga16e22e-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
wiresharkwireshark1.12.0
wiresharkwireshark1.12.1
wiresharkwireshark1.12.2
wiresharkwireshark1.12.3
wiresharkwireshark1.12.4
wiresharkwireshark1.12.5
wiresharkwireshark1.12.6
wiresharkwireshark1.12.7
wiresharkwireshark1.12.8
wiresharkwireshark1.12.9
wiresharkwireshark2.0.0
wiresharkwireshark2.0.1

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.