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Wireshark : CVE-2016-2525 : HTTP/2 dissector crash

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Feb 27, 2016

Added

Oct 4, 2017

Modified

Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solution

wireshark-upgrade-2_0_2

References

CVE-2016-2525
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-2525
CWE-20
EUVD-EUVD-2016-3603
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-3603
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-05.html

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