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CVE-2008-6472

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: 2009-03-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The WLCCP dissector in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.99.7, 0.99.8, 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 (+2)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32840
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:242
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47292
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6223
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9629
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32840
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:242
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html

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