CVE-2008-4685 — Wireshark vulnerability

CWE-3996 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 21.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedOct 22
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the dissect_q931_cause_ie function in packet-q931.c in the Q.931 dissector in Wireshark 0.10.3 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via certain packets that trigger an exception.

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/wireshark23 versions+22

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pjjj-jx9c-m2q5: Use-after-free vulnerability in the dissect_q931_cause_ie function in packet-q931↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2008-4685: Use-after-free vulnerability in the dissect_q931_cause_ie function in packet-q931↗2008-10-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: DoS (app crash or abort) in Q.931 dissector via certain packets↗2008-09-13
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Debian
CVE-2008-4685: wireshark - Use-after-free vulnerability in the dissect_q931_cause_ie function in packet-q93...↗2008
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4685 wireshark: DoS (app crash or abort) in Q.931 dissector via certain packets↗2008-10-23
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