CVE-2016-9376
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.5%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the OpenFlow dissector could crash with memory exhaustion, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-openflow_v5.c by ensuring that certain length values were sufficiently large.
How to fix CVE-2016-9376
To remediate CVE-2016-9376, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-9376 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |