Is CVE-2016-9373 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-9373 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-9373?

CVE-2016-9373 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-9373?

CVE-2016-9373 has an EPSS score of 1.72% (75th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9373?

Upgrade wireshark on debian 11 to 2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-9373

MEDIUMEPSS 75th pctl

5.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DCERPC dissector could crash with a use-after-free, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-nt.c and epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c by using the wmem file scope for private strings.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

wiresharkDebian

Fixed in:2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1CVE-2016-9373

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.72%probability of exploitation in 30 days

75thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 75% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

wireshark.org

Third-Party Advisory2

Issue Tracking1

bugs.wireshark.org

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-416 (Use After Free) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2019-0708	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.