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CVE-2016-2529

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% 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-119

Description

The iseries_check_file_type function in wiretap/iseries.c in the iSeries file parser in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not consider that a line may lack the "OBJECT PROTOCOL" substring, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

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-2016-09.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11985
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96d585a5e9baef21e1eea8505d78305b034dc80e
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-09.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11985
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96d585a5e9baef21e1eea8505d78305b034dc80e
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05

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