5.9

CVE-2016-9376: debian debian_linux Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 5.9v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-9376DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9376
Published 17-11-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9376 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.1% 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
1.58%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3
DLA-714-1DSA-3719-1MGASA-2016-0391OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1SUSE-SU-2017:1442-1

Timeline

  1. 17-11-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the OpenFlow dissector could crash with memory exhaustion, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-openflow_v5.c by ensuring that certain length values were sufficiently large.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 1.59% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.58%

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

Debian2 products
Ubuntu1 product
  • wireshark< 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04
Wireshark1 product
  • wiresharkEOL2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1

3 vendors · 4 products

References

10 links