CVE-2008-3933

wireshark: crash triggered by zlib-compressed packet data

Published Sep 4, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 3.3 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.14 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a packet with crafted zlib-compressed data that triggers an invalid read in the tvb_uncompress function.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1673-1 New wireshark packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3918 Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.14 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a packet with crafted zlib-compressed data that triggers an invalid read in the tvb_uncompress function.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:00 AM
Reserved
Sep 4, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 4, 2008, 7:41 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:56 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 3, 2008, 12:00 AM