CVE-2016-6505: Wireshark

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 7.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c in the PacketBB dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

• Wireshark Wireshark: version 1.12.0 only; version 1.12.1 only; version 1.12.2 only; version 1.12.3 only; version 1.12.4 only; version 1.12.5 only; …

Published 2016-08-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.