CVE-2016-9372

Publication date 17 November 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
wireshark	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

2.2.0 and newer

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.9 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H