5.9

CVE-2016-4006: wireshark

CVSS: 5.9v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-4006DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4006
Published 25-04-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-4006 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 2.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.32%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
DLA-497-1DSA-3585-1MGASA-2016-0153

Timeline

  1. 25-04-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not limit the protocol-tree depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.32% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.32%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 2.0.3+geed34f0-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wireshark< 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04
Wireshark1 product
  • wiresharkEOL1.12.0 | 1.12.1 | 1.12.2 | 1.12.3 | 1.12.4 | 1.12.5 | 1.12.6 | 1.12.7 | 1.12.8 | 1.12.9 | 1.12.10 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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