CVE-2008-3146
Multiple buffer overflows in packet_ncp2222.inc in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.7 through 1.0.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary
02 Description
Multiple buffer overflows in packet_ncp2222.inc in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.7 through 1.0.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary
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
- 4.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.2% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 2008-09-02 14:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-07-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b4e811787fa1cc6ca11099658e031543df96004983b5f75ae868b019683c3bf2
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:017http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-7936https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00713.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0890http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
- secunia.com31864http://secunia.com/advisories/31864
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html
- secunia.com31687http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0278
- www.securityfocus.com20080917 rPSA-2008-0278-1 tshark wiresharkhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496487/100/0/threaded
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
- secunia.com32091http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2773http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
- www.securitytracker.com1020819http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020819
- bugs.wireshark.orghttp://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2675
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-7894https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00715.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10624https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10624
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:199http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:199
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200809-17http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-17.xml
- secunia.com31886http://secunia.com/advisories/31886
- secunia.com32028http://secunia.com/advisories/32028
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 1.0.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 1.0.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 1.0.3-1
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.