CVE-2016-2523: Wireshark

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The dnp3_al_process_object function in epan/dissectors/packet-dnp.c in the DNP3 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

• Wireshark Wireshark: version 1.12.0 only; version 1.12.1 only; version 1.12.2 only; version 1.12.3 only; version 1.12.4 only; version 1.12.5 only; …

Published 2016-02-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.