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CVE-2008-3933

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.14 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a packet with crafted zlib-co…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
3.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.6%
percentile 50%
Public exploits
0
none known

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.14 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a packet with crafted zlib-compressed data that triggers an invalid read in the tvb_uncompress function.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.62% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.03.3AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • redhat.com /archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00713.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/31864 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • wireshark.org /security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • wiki.rpath.com /wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0278 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugs.wireshark.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2649 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9620 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/496487/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • support.avaya.com /elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/32091 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/2773 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/32944 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1020819 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00715.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • bugs.wireshark.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2682 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/2493 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:199 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/glsa-200809-17.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/31886 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/32028 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2008/dsa-1673 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

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