CVE-2016-2523

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.12.0, 1.12.1, 1.12.2, 1.12.3, 1.12.4, 1.12.5 (+6)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00016.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3516
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-03.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11938
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=260afe11feb796d1fde992d8f8c133ebd950b573
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00016.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3516

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