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Vulnerability details: VCID-r2uq-bt9u-mba8
Vulnerability ID VCID-r2uq-bt9u-mba8
Aliases CVE-2016-2523
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 6.4
Risk 3.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.04921 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2523
epss 0.04921 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2523
epss 0.04921 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2523
epss 0.04921 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2523
epss 0.04921 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2523
epss 0.04921 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2523
epss 0.04921 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2523
epss 0.04921 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2523
cvssv2 7.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2523
cvssv3 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2523
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-2016-2523.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2523
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11938
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=260afe11feb796d1fde992d8f8c133ebd950b573
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/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-03.html
1312779 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312779
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-2016-2523 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2523
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:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2523
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-2016-2523
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 0.89577
EPSS Score 0.04921
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:14:23.508473+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 38.0.0