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Vulnerability details: VCID-z4zj-a3ry-4qcg
Vulnerability ID VCID-z4zj-a3ry-4qcg
Aliases CVE-2016-4420
Summary wireshark: NFS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-17)
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 0.00109 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4420
epss 0.00109 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4420
epss 0.00109 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4420
epss 0.00109 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4420
epss 0.00109 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4420
epss 0.00109 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4420
epss 0.00109 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4420
epss 0.00109 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4420
epss 0.00109 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4420
cvssv2 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4420
cvssv3 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4420
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-4420.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4420
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4420
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-17.html
1312800 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312800
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-2016-4420 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4420
No exploits are available.
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
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4420
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-2016-4420
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 0.29323
EPSS Score 0.00109
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:37:43.973372+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-4420.json 38.0.0