Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Nov 17, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-9372

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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Affected products

Wireshark/Wireshark3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2.2.0 to 2.2.1
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 2.2.2-1.1

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94368nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-58.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037313nvd
code.wireshark.org/review/gitwebnvd

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