CVE-2008-4682

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

wtap.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a malformed Tamos CommView capture file (aka .ncf file) with an "unknown/unexpected packet type" that triggers a failed assertion.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.99.7, 0.99.8, 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 (+1)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32355
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4462
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069
http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/wireshark.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31468
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31838

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