CVE-2007-6118

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-11-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The MEGACO dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.14 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop and resource consumption) via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Ethereal Group Ethereal: 0.9.14, 0.9.15, 0.9.16, 0.99.0
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.99, 0.99.0, 0.99.1, 0.99.2, 0.99.3, 0.99.4 (+2)

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27777
http://secunia.com/advisories/27817
http://secunia.com/advisories/28197
http://secunia.com/advisories/28207
http://secunia.com/advisories/28288
http://secunia.com/advisories/28304
http://secunia.com/advisories/28325
http://secunia.com/advisories/28564
http://secunia.com/advisories/28583
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048

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