Vulnerability Details : CVE-2007-6439
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6439
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.23%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 61 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2007-6439
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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6.1
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MEDIUM | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
6.5
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6.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2007-6439
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2007-6439
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39181
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39180
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15002
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:004 - openSUSE Security Announce - openSUSE Mailing Lists
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10331
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071
Products affected by CVE-2007-6439
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*