CVE-2008-3137

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-07-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The GSM SMS dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.9.5, 0.99.2, 0.99.3, 0.99.4, 0.99.5, 0.99.6 (+4)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30886
http://secunia.com/advisories/30942
http://secunia.com/advisories/31085
http://secunia.com/advisories/31378
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
http://secunia.com/advisories/32944
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020404
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212

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