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CVE-2008-5285

• 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: 2008-12-01 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: through 1.0.4; 0.6, 0.7.9, 0.8.16, 0.8.19, 0.9.5, 0.9.7 (+34)

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32840
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4663
• 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-2008:242
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/24/1
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32422

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