CVE-2008-3146: wireshark

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-3146 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 4.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 02-09-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in packet_ncp2222.inc in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.7 through 1.0.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NCP packet that causes an invalid pointer to be used.

• 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.