CVE-2016-4085

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.9)—
Stack-based buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NCP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string in a packet.
CVSS

Version: 3.0
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base score: 5.9
Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.03%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 87
Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)

Debian — Debian Linux Oracle — Solaris Wireshark — Wireshark
CWEs

CWE-20
References

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