CVE-2007-6438: wireshark

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-6438 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 2.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 19-12-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.

• 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.