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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: 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 addressed in plugins/profinet/packet-pn-rtc-one.c by rejecting input with too many I/O objects.

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CVE-2016-9372
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1 Nov 2026, 06:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-9372

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Nov 2016, 05:59 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2016-9372
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9372",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-9372",
    "products": [],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
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      ],
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        },
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            "wireshark-2.2.0",
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          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:41.195226035Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4127e3930ef663114567002001f44e01eba8a250",
        "https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-58.html",
        "https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12851"
      ],
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435093,
  "published_at": "2016-11-17T05:59:00.163+00:00"
}