What is CVE-2016-6513?

CVE-2016-6513 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-6513?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Wireshark

CVE-2016-6513

epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 does not restrict the recursion depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Published 2016-08-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wireshark — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-49.html (Vendor Advisory)
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List)
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480 (vdb-entry)
code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6513?: CVE-2016-6513 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-6513?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.