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CVE-2008-1561: wireshark

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-1561
Published 31-03-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1561 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 8.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.94%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2008:0890

Timeline

  1. 31-03-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.94% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
8.94%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified

    Wireshark 0.99.8 - X.509sat Dissector Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 1.0.0-1
Wireshark1 product
  • wireshark0.99.2 | 0.99.3 | 0.99.4 | 0.99.5 | 0.99.6 | 0.99.7 | 0.99.8

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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