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Vulnerability details: VCID-z9cb-3ewp-x7eq
Vulnerability ID VCID-z9cb-3ewp-x7eq
Aliases CVE-2016-7958
Summary wireshark: NCP dissector crash
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.9 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-7958.json
epss 0.00394 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7958
epss 0.00394 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7958
epss 0.00394 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7958
epss 0.00394 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7958
epss 0.00394 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7958
epss 0.00394 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7958
epss 0.00394 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7958
epss 0.00394 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7958
epss 0.00394 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7958
epss 0.00394 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7958
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7958
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7958
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-7958.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7958
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12945
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67597cb2457fb843fa97d3f2c87b82dad6f0de07
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7958
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-57.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93463
1381838 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381838
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-7958 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7958
No exploits are available.
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-2016-7958.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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7958
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:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7958
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 0.60201
EPSS Score 0.00394
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:34:22.579499+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-7958.json 38.0.0