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Vulnerability details: VCID-8vc7-5a1y-zkhj
Vulnerability ID VCID-8vc7-5a1y-zkhj
Aliases CVE-2016-2532
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, allowing local attackers to escalate privileges and remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.
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 0.01429 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2532
epss 0.01429 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2532
epss 0.01429 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2532
epss 0.01429 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2532
epss 0.01429 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2532
epss 0.01429 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2532
epss 0.01429 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2532
epss 0.01429 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2532
epss 0.01429 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2532
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2532
cvssv3 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2532
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-2016-2532.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2532
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12048
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4a2cd6c79ecbf2cb21f985f01ce1c1e3030285ec
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
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3516
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-11.html
1312792 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312792
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-2016-2532 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2532
GLSA-201604-05 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2532
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-2016-2532
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 0.80586
EPSS Score 0.01429
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:14:23.671994+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 38.0.0