7.8

CVE-2007-6118: ethereal_group ethereal

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6118
Published 23-11-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-6118 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in ethereal_group ethereal. EPSS estimates a 2.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Duplicates 1
DSA-1414-1DTSA-92-1RHSA-2008:0058RHSA-2008:0059CVE-2007-6446

Timeline

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

Description

The MEGACO dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.14 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop and resource consumption) via unknown vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.27% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 0.99.7~pre1-1
Ethereal_group1 product
  • ethereal0.9.14 | 0.9.15 | 0.9.16 | 0.99.0
Wireshark1 product
  • wireshark0.99 | 0.99.0 | 0.99.1 | 0.99.2 | 0.99.3 | 0.99.4 | 0.99.5 | 0.99.6

3 vendors · 3 products

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