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CVE-2016-9372
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…
Medium5.9EPSS 2.1%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 1037313 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-58.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4127e3930ef663114567002001f44e01eba8a250 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 94368 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12851 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .