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Vulnerability details: VCID-41hs-5a16-4kb8
Vulnerability ID VCID-41hs-5a16-4kb8
Aliases CVE-2016-4079
Summary security update
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.3
Risk 2.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.00228 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4079
epss 0.00228 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4079
epss 0.00228 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4079
epss 0.00228 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4079
epss 0.00228 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4079
epss 0.00228 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4079
epss 0.00228 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4079
epss 0.00228 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4079
epss 0.00228 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4079
cvssv2 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4079
cvssv3 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4079
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-4079.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4079
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12206
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4cdc9eeba58f866bd5f273e9c5b3876857a7a4bf
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4006
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4079
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4080
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4081
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4082
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4085
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-22.html
1330069 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330069
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-4079 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4079
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4079
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4079
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.45486
EPSS Score 0.00228
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:11:38.461141+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-jessie.xml.bz2 38.0.0