CVE-2016-6503
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.064 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-40196Wireshark 2.0.0 < 2.0.4 - CORBA IDL Dissectors Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (6)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (19)
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- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92162cnnvd
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-39.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12495cnnvd
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=581a17af40b84ef0c9e7f41ed0795af345b61ce1cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92162enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480enisa_euvd
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