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CVE-2016-4085

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4085 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the NCP dissector of Wireshark versions 1.12.x before 1.12.11, affecting various Debian and Oracle Wireshark distributions. This vulnerability can be triggered remotely by a specially crafted long string within a packet, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or potentially other unspecified impacts. With a CVSSv3 score of 5.9 (Medium), it has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, but does not require user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0303 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4085Moderate

wireshark: NCP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-28)

Apr 22, 2016

References

bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3585
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/87467
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035685
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2016-28.html
Vendor Advisory