Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-2522
CVE-2016-2522
Description
The dissect_ber_constrained_bitstring function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not verify that a certain length is nonzero, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
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References
5- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitVendor Advisory
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-02.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118nvd
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitwebnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05nvd
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