CVE-2008-4684
N/A
Published: October 22, 2008 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (16)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32355x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htmVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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