6.1

CVE-2007-6439: wireshark Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 6.1v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6439
Published 19-12-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-6439 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 1.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.29%
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-104-1RHSA-2008:0058

Timeline

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

Description

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

70%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.29% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.29%

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

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 0.99.7-1
Wireshark1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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