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CVE-2007-0459

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2007-02-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

packet-tcp.c in the TCP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) via fragmented HTTP packets.

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.99.2, 0.99.3, 0.99.4

References

• http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1200
• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2565
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24011
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24016
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24025
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24084
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24515
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24650
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24970
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017581
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-166.htm

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