CVE-2016-7179

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

2.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 84.6% 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

2016-09-09 10:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-08

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bace766fac11d2d244eabc57320ceb72c30396fe05dc9bdfee7db190db227138

• bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12752x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.wireshark.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-54.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1036760http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.debian.orgDSA-3671http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• code.wireshark.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3b97fbddc23c065727b0147aab52a27c4aadffe7x_refsource_CONFIRM
• code.wireshark.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/17095x_refsource_CONFIRM