Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-1562

Public exploit exists!
The LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5740.
Published 2008-03-31 22:44:00
Updated 2018-10-11 20:35:35
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Input validationDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2008-1562

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1562

EPSS FAQ
13.97%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 96 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2008-1562

  • Wireshark LDAP Dissector DOS
    Disclosure Date: 2008-03-28
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    auxiliary/dos/wireshark/ldap
    The LDAP dissector in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet. Authors: - MC <mc@metasploit.com>

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-1562

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2008-1562

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-1562

  • Red Hat 2008-10-17
    The affected version of Wireshark as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 were fixed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html

References for CVE-2008-1562

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