3.3

CVE-2008-3934: wireshark Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 3.3v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-3934
Published 04-09-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-3934 is a low (CVSS 3.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.8% 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
0.62%
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-167-1RHSA-2008:0890

Timeline

  1. 04-09-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Tektronix .rf5 file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.62% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.62%

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< 1.0.3-1
Wireshark1 product
  • wiresharkEOL0.99.6 | 0.99.6a | 0.99.7 | 0.99.8 | 1.0.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2

2 vendors · 2 products

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