CVE-2016-2528: Wireshark

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The dissect_nhdr_extopt function in epan/dissectors/packet-lbmc.c in the LBMC dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not validate length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and 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.