CVE-2016-5359

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

2.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 84.3% 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.

Published

2016-08-07 16:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:01Z2 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-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-399

Data version

5.1

Document digest

10727d567807cead022b66d621005f59f870a63060bedb599a1932ab2d502e8d

• bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12408x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.wireshark.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-38.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
• github.comhttps://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/b8e0d416898bb975a02c1b55883342edc5b4c9c0x_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