CVE-2016-6503

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.9/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Aug 6, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-6503: Medium severity, CVSS 5.9 | Vulnix