01 Record

CVE-2016-5354

The USB subsystem in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles class types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

The USB subsystem in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles class types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 2.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 85.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-08-07 16:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:00Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4e86a8437e05a12bfd1ed6a87da4a0ff6a749de3660d132a75f99046e2f4d0f2

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

wiresharkwiresharkNot specified—

06 References

bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12356x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.wireshark.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-33.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160609 Re: CVE Request: wireshark releaseshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
github.comhttps://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/2cb5985bf47bdc8bea78d28483ed224abdd33dc6x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.debian.orgDSA-3615http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
www.securityfocus.com91140http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

01 Record index

CVE-2016-5354

02 Description

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04 Metadata

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02 Records

CVE-2016-5354

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References