Buffer overflow in Wireshark
CVE-2007-6114
Multiple buffer overflows in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.0 through 0.99.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) the SSL dissector or (2) the iSeries (OS/400) Communication trace file parser.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.062 (93.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.062 · newest: 0.062 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 0.99, 0.99.0, 0.99.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/27777 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
- secunia.com/advisories/29048 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/28564 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28304 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)