CVE-2008-4684

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.99.2, 0.99.3, 0.99.4, 0.99.5, 0.99.6, 0.99.6a (+7)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32355
http://secunia.com/advisories/32944
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673
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/31838
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2872

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