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Vulnerability details: VCID-p3x4-9scx-eqb8
Vulnerability ID VCID-p3x4-9scx-eqb8
Aliases CVE-2016-6505
Summary security update
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-2016-6505.json
epss 0.02278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6505
epss 0.02278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6505
epss 0.02278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6505
epss 0.02278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6505
epss 0.02278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6505
epss 0.02278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6505
epss 0.02278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6505
epss 0.02278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6505
epss 0.02278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6505
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-2016-6505.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6505
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6504
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6505
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6506
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6507
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6508
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6509
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6510
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6511
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1361135 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1361135
CVE-2016-6505 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/dos/40197.txt
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Aug. 3, 2016
Description Wireshark 1.12.0 < 1.12.12 / 2.0.0 < 2.0.4 - PacketBB Dissector 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-2016-6505.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 0.84596
EPSS Score 0.02278
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:16:39.766285+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-jessie.xml.bz2 38.0.0