CVE-2008-4683 — Wireshark vulnerability

CWE-3996 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
3.3%
top 12.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedOct 22
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The dissect_btacl function in packet-bthci_acl.c in the Bluetooth ACL dissector in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via a packet with an invalid length, related to an erroneous tvb_memcpy call.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.0.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.0.4-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark13 versions+12

Patches

Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hhfx-8rv5-3qj7: The dissect_btacl function in packet-bthci_acl↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2008-4683: The dissect_btacl function in packet-bthci_acl↗2008-10-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2008-4683: wireshark - The dissect_btacl function in packet-bthci_acl.c in the Bluetooth ACL dissector ...↗2008
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Red Hat
wireshark: DoS (app crash or abort) in Bluetooth ACL dissector via a packet with an invalid length↗2007-04-04
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4683 wireshark: DoS (app crash or abort) in Bluetooth ACL dissector via a packet with an invalid length↗2008-10-23
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