7.8

CVE-2007-6119: wireshark

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6119
Published 23-11-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-6119 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 3.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.3% 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
3.28%
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 2
DTSA-92-1RHSA-2008:0058

Timeline

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

Description

The DCP ETSI dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 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

3.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.28% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.28%

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
Wireshark1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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