CVE-2008-6472
The WLCCP dissector in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified vectors.
02 Description
The WLCCP dissector in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified vectors.
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
- 1.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.3% 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
- 2009-03-14 18:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-03-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- 657acbddd19917d0f7a9e02e7b25c1088fd4a86f66acca97cfa3704ce7071413
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:242http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:242
- secunia.com34144http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6223https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6223
- secunia.com32840http://secunia.com/advisories/32840
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwireshark-wlccp-dos(47292)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47292
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0313http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9629https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9629
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 1.0.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 1.0.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 1.0.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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