CVE-2007-6438 — 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
5.0MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.1
EPSS
3.2%
top 13.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedDec 19
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-rxc8-cm3m-q86x: Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2007-6438: Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0↗2007-12-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark SMB dissector crash↗2007-12-18
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Debian
CVE-2007-6438: wireshark - Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) ...↗2007
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2007-6438 wireshark SMB dissector crash↗2008-01-02
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