CVE-2016-2524: Wireshark

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

epan/dissectors/packet-x509af.c in the X.509AF dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 mishandles the algorithm ID, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

• Wireshark Wireshark: version 2.0.0 only; version 2.0.1 only

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