Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Nov 17, 2016· Updated May 6, 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.

Affected products

Wireshark/Wireshark2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

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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