CVE-2016-6503

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

6.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.2% 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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2016-08-06 23:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-01

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

16a26d348e80ba56edb41f3fad5280d13da4f0063e4cd63baf7c296854e45a57

• openwall.com[oss-security] 20160728 CVE request: Wireshark 2.0.5 and 1.12.13 security releaseshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com92162http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92162vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-39.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12495x_refsource_CONFIRM
• code.wireshark.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=581a17af40b84ef0c9e7f41ed0795af345b61ce1x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1036480http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.exploit-db.com40196https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40196/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB