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CVE-2008-4684

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
22/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.6a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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