CVE-2016-2531
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before...
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL 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 (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2530.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL 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 (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2530.
- Record
CVE-2016-2531- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL 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 (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2530.
- Record
CVE-2016-2531- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3609 No score
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL 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 (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2530.
- Record
EUVD-2016-3609- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ph32-cpjm-4xvh
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before...
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL 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 (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2530.
- Record
GHSA-ph32-cpjm-4xvh- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL 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 (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2530.
- Record
CVE-2016-2531- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-2531
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL 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 (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2530.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2531- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2531
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL 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 (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2530.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2531- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0091 No score
Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerabilities
Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerabilities:
ASN.1 BER dissector crash (CVE-2016-2522).
DNP dissector infinite loop (CVE-2016-2523).
X.509AF dissector crash (CVE-2016-2524).
HTTP/2 dissector crash (CVE-2016-2525).
HiQnet dissector crash (CVE-2016-2526).
3GPP TS 32.423 Trace file parser crash (CVE-2016-2527).
LBMC dissector crash (CVE-2016-2528).
iSeries file parser crash (CVE-2016-2529).
RSL dissector crash (CVE-2016-2530, CVE-2016-2531).
LLRP dissector crash (CVE-2016-2532).
The wireshark package has been updated to version 2.0.2, fixing these issues as well as other dissector crashes, a dissector loop issue, another file parser crash, and several other bugs. See the upstream release notes for details.
- Record
MGASA-2016-0091- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 No score
wireshark-2.2.2-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the wireshark-2.2.2-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
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openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1344-1 No score
Security update for wireshark
This update to Wireshark 1 12.11 fixes a number issues in protocol dissectors that could have allowed a remote attacker to crash Wireshark or cause excessive CPU usage through specially crafted packages inserted into the network or a capture file.
- The PKTC dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2016-22)
- The PKTC dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2016-23)
- The IAX2 dissector could go into an infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-24)
- Wireshark and TShark could exhaust the stack (wnpa-sec-2016-25)
- The GSM CBCH dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2016-26)
- The NCP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2016-28)
- CVE-2016-2523: DNP dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-03)
- CVE-2016-2530: RSL dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-10)
- CVE-2016-2531: RSL dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-10)
- CVE-2016-2532: LLRP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-11)
- GSM A-bis OML dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-14)
- ASN.1 BER dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-15)
- ASN.1 BER dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-18)
Also containsfurther bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.11.html https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.10.html
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1344-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1345-1 No score
Security update for wireshark
This update to Wireshark 1 12.11 fixes a number issues in protocol dissectors that could have allowed a remote attacker to crash Wireshark or cause excessive CPU usage through specially crafted packages inserted into the network or a capture file.
- The PKTC dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2016-22)
- The PKTC dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2016-23)
- The IAX2 dissector could go into an infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-24)
- Wireshark and TShark could exhaust the stack (wnpa-sec-2016-25)
- The GSM CBCH dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2016-26)
- The NCP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2016-28)
- CVE-2016-2523: DNP dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-03)
- CVE-2016-2530: RSL dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-10)
- CVE-2016-2531: RSL dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-10)
- CVE-2016-2532: LLRP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-11)
- GSM A-bis OML dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-14)
- ASN.1 BER dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-15)
- ASN.1 BER dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-18)
Also containsfurther bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.11.html https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.10.html
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1345-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
wiresharkDebian:12 |
before 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 | 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 |
wiresharkDebian:13 |
before 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 | 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 |
wiresharkDebian:14 |
before 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 | 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 |
wiresharkDebian:7 |
before 1.8.2-5wheezy18, plus listed versions 1.8.2-5wheezy101.8.2-5wheezy111.8.2-5wheezy121.8.2-5wheezy131.8.2-5wheezy14 Show 13 moreShow less1.8.2-5wheezy151.8.2-5wheezy15~deb6u11.8.2-5wheezy161.8.2-5wheezy16~deb6u11.8.2-5wheezy171.8.2-5wheezy21.8.2-5wheezy31.8.2-5wheezy41.8.2-5wheezy51.8.2-5wheezy61.8.2-5wheezy71.8.2-5wheezy81.8.2-5wheezy9 |
1.8.2-5wheezy18 |
wiresharkDebian:8 |
before 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u5, plus listed versions 1.12.1+g01b65bf-41.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u21.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u31.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u4 |
1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u5 |
wiresharkMageia:5 |
before 2.0.2-1.mga5 | 2.0.2-1.mga5 |
wiresharkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 |
before 1.12.11-25.1 | 1.12.11-25.1 |
wiresharkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 |
before 1.12.11-25.1 | 1.12.11-25.1 |
wiresharkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 |
before 1.12.11-25.1 | 1.12.11-25.1 |
wiresharkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 |
before 1.12.11-25.1 | 1.12.11-25.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
wiresharkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 |
before 1.12.11-25.1 | 1.12.11-25.1 |
wiresharkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 |
before 1.12.11-25.1 | 1.12.11-25.1 |
wiresharkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 |
before 1.12.11-25.1 | 1.12.11-25.1 |
wiresharkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 |
before 1.12.11-25.1 | 1.12.11-25.1 |
wiresharkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 |
before 1.12.11-0.18.1 | 1.12.11-0.18.1 |
wiresharkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 |
before 1.12.11-0.18.1 | 1.12.11-0.18.1 |
wiresharkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 |
before 1.12.11-0.18.1 | 1.12.11-0.18.1 |
wiresharkUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions 1.10.2-11.10.3-11.10.5-1ubuntu11.10.5-21.10.6-1 |
1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
wiresharkopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 2.2.2-1.1 | 2.2.2-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-2531 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Wireshark, published February 28, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.46%, the 84th percentile. Fixed in wireshark 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1.
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00016.html
debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3516
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11829
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
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wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-10.html
code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=de65fd6b00d0b891930324b9549c93ccfe9cac30
securitytracker.com/id/1035118
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2531
github.com/advisories/GHSA-ph32-cpjm-4xvh
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2531
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0091.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17848
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161344-1
bugzilla.suse.com/968565
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2531
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2531
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