CVE-2016-6503 EXPLOIT
5.9
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 6.4% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The CORBA IDL dissectors in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 on 64-bit Windows platforms do not properly interact with Visual C++ compiler options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.9 (MEDIUM, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 6.44% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-08-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Wireshark 2.0.0 < 2.0.4 - CORBA IDL Dissectors Denial of Service | 2016-08-03 |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92162
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-39.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12495
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=581a17af40b84ef0c9e7f41ed0795af345b61ce1
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40196/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92162
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-39.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12495
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=581a17af40b84ef0c9e7f41ed0795af345b61ce1
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40196/
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