CVE-2007-6439

wireshark IPv6 and USB dissector crash

Published Dec 19, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-6405 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:02 PM
Reserved
Dec 19, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 19, 2007, 10:46 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:48 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Dec 18, 2007, 12:00 AM