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CVE-2016-2525

• 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-20

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-http2.c in the HTTP/2 dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not limit the amount of header data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 2.0.0, 2.0.1

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-05.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12077
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a47ac7624993b99966e1d813245ffb419a2d201
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-05.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12077
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a47ac7624993b99966e1d813245ffb419a2d201
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05

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