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Vulnerability details: VCID-5k1d-4d86-dfg6
Vulnerability ID VCID-5k1d-4d86-dfg6
Aliases CVE-2016-4421
Summary security update
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.3
Risk 2.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
epss 0.00518 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4421
epss 0.00518 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4421
epss 0.00518 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4421
epss 0.00518 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4421
epss 0.00518 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4421
epss 0.00518 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4421
epss 0.00518 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4421
epss 0.00518 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4421
epss 0.00518 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4421
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-2016-4421
cvssv3 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4421
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00016.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-4421.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4421
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11822
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8731
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2523
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2530
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2531
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2532
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4417
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4418
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4421
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-18.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
1312801 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312801
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:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-4421 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4421
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-2016-4421
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-2016-4421
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 0.6667
EPSS Score 0.00518
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:15:00.161676+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-wheezy.xml.bz2 38.0.0