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Vulnerability details: VCID-gmr6-xckd-aqfc
Vulnerability ID VCID-gmr6-xckd-aqfc
Aliases CVE-2016-6503
Summary The CORBA IDL dissectors in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 on 64-bit Windows platforms do not properly interact with Visual C++ compiler options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.02162 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6503
epss 0.02162 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6503
epss 0.02162 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6503
epss 0.02162 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6503
epss 0.02162 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6503
epss 0.02162 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6503
epss 0.02162 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6503
epss 0.02162 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6503
epss 0.02162 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6503
cvssv2 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6503
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
CVE-2016-6503 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows_x86-64/dos/40196.txt
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Aug. 3, 2016
Description Wireshark 2.0.0 < 2.0.4 - CORBA IDL Dissectors Denial of Service
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Aug. 3, 2016
Exploit type dos
Platform windows_x86-64
Source update date Aug. 3, 2016
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 0.84219
EPSS Score 0.02162
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T17:48:15.718781+00:00 EPSS Importer Import https://epss.cyentia.com/epss_scores-current.csv.gz 38.0.0