CVE-2007-6441
The WiMAX dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors related to "unaligned access on some platforms."
02 Description
The WiMAX dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors related to "unaligned access on some platforms."
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 62.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-12-19 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-12-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 88418b778a749bbd72f4249e20ce8d75717c3e070569119ae7c9124cf9a82a94
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com27777http://secunia.com/advisories/27777
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
- secunia.com29048http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
- secunia.com28564http://secunia.com/advisories/28564
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwireshark-wimax-dissector-dos(39183)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39183
- www.securityfocus.com20080103 rPSA-2008-0004-1 tshark wiresharkhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200712-23http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
- secunia.com28304http://secunia.com/advisories/28304
- secunia.com28325http://secunia.com/advisories/28325
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14126https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14126
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:1http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:001http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0058http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:004http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10452https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10452
- www.securityfocus.com27071http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071
- secunia.com28288http://secunia.com/advisories/28288
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 0.99.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 0.99.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 0.99.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.