CVE-2007-6112 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Wireshark

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer6 documents6 sources
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
5.1%
top 10.19%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedNov 23
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 0.99.7~pre1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 0.99.7~pre1-1+3

Patches

Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: www.wireshark.org ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q69w-42hm-p3qq: Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2007-6112: Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0↗2007-11-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark ppp flaws↗2007-11-22
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Debian
CVE-2007-6112: wireshark - Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows...↗2007
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2007-6112 wireshark ppp flaws↗2007-11-23
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