CVE-2008-4685

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the dissect_q931_cause_ie function in packet-q931.c in the Q.931 dissector in Wireshark 0.10.3 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via certain packets that trigger an exception.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.10.3, 0.10.4, 0.10.5, 0.10.6, 0.10.7, 0.10.8 (+17)

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

Get alerted when CVE-2008-4685 or the next vulnerability affects your stack