CVE-2007-6112: wireshark

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-6112 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 6.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 23-11-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.