CVE-2016-6506

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

2.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 81.4% 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

2016-08-06 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-399

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6b5820735fcccd20a3406399ed5f5c669bbb37a43ea40fbf9ff2f428f9b323bc

• 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.debian.orgDSA-3648http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3648vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12594x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-42.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1036480http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• code.wireshark.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a9d5256890c9189c7461bfce6ed6edce5d861499x_refsource_CONFIRM