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Vulnerability details: VCID-dahm-c8ym-m3dy
Vulnerability ID VCID-dahm-c8ym-m3dy
Aliases CVE-2016-2525
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-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
epss 0.00294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2525
epss 0.00294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2525
epss 0.00294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2525
epss 0.00294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2525
epss 0.00294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2525
epss 0.00294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2525
epss 0.00294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2525
epss 0.00294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2525
epss 0.00294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2525
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2525
cvssv3 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2525
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2525.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2525
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12077
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a47ac7624993b99966e1d813245ffb419a2d201
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2525
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-05.html
1312781 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312781
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-2016-2525 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2525
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-2016-2525
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-2016-2525
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 0.52649
EPSS Score 0.00294
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:14:23.545563+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 38.0.0