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Vulnerability details: VCID-98vz-2456-hfc3
Vulnerability ID VCID-98vz-2456-hfc3
Aliases CVE-2016-6512
Summary wireshark: MMSE, WAP, WBXML, and WSP infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2016-48)
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 5.3
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.9 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6512.json
epss 0.01894 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6512
epss 0.01894 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6512
epss 0.01894 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6512
epss 0.01894 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6512
epss 0.01894 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6512
epss 0.01894 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6512
epss 0.01894 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6512
epss 0.01894 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6512
epss 0.01894 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6512
cvssv2 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6512.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6512
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6512
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1361143 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1361143
CVE-2016-6512 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/dos/40195.txt
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Aug. 3, 2016
Description Wireshark 2.0.0 < 2.0.4 - MMSE / WAP / WBXML / WSP Dissectors Denial of Service
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Aug. 3, 2016
Exploit type dos
Platform multiple
Source update date Aug. 3, 2016
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6512.json
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
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
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.83136
EPSS Score 0.01894
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:35:40.979477+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6512.json 38.0.0