CVE-2016-2529: Wireshark

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The iseries_check_file_type function in wiretap/iseries.c in the iSeries file parser in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not consider that a line may lack the "OBJECT PROTOCOL" substring, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

Affected products

• Wireshark Wireshark: version 2.0.0 only; version 2.0.1 only

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