Unbounded Header Data Consumption in Wireshark HTTP/2 Dissector

Unbounded Header Data Consumption in Wireshark HTTP/2 Dissector

CVE-2016-2525 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

epan/dissectors/packet-http2.c in the HTTP/2 dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not limit the amount of header data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted packet.

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