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GHSA-c3r9-8878-x2vq
GHSA-c3r9-8878-x2vq
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
5.900000095367432
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94369 url
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13071 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3719 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9376 advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f2a7af8d3928e18ef15778e63b9b6c78f8bd1bef url
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=f2a7af8d3928e18ef15778e63b9b6c78f8bd1bef url
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-60.html url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037313 url