Vulnerability in Wireshark

CVE-2008-1561

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.

EPSS: 0.089 (94.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wireshark — versions 0.99.2, 0.99.3, 0.99.4
  • N/a — versions n/a

References