CVE-2007-6441: wireshark

CVSS: 3.3v2.0LowModified

AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6441

Published 19-12-2007Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-6441 is a low (CVSS 3.3) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk

13/100

0100

Low · default modelHow is this calculated?

CVSS score

3.3/10

010

Low · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

1.00%

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-104-1 RHSA-2008:0058

Timeline

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

Description

The WiMAX dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors related to "unaligned access on some platforms."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.03.3

EPSS trend

Probability

1.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

62%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.00% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026

EPSS score

1.00%

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

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsWeaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected systems

Debian1 product

wireshark< 0.99.7-1

Wireshark1 product

wireshark0.99.6

2 vendors · 2 products

References

21 links

secunia.com/advisories/27777Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975X Refsource CONFIRM
secunia.com/advisories/29048Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/28564Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39183VDB EntryX Refsource XF
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQ
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
secunia.com/advisories/28304Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/28325Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Show all 21 references

oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14126VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVA
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVA
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958X Refsource MISC
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10452VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071VDB EntryX Refsource BID
secunia.com/advisories/28288Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004X Refsource CONFIRM
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6441Advisory

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