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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2007-0459 json

packet-tcp.c in the TCP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servi…

published 2007-02-02 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-0458

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

packet-tcp.c in the TCP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) via fragmented HTTP packets.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.99.4-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0459

  • wireshark RHEL 2.1 0.99.5-AS21.3
  • wireshark RHEL 3 0.99.5-EL3.1
  • wireshark RHEL 4 0.99.5-EL4.1
  • wireshark RHEL 5 0.99.5-1.el5
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 2.1 0.99.5-AS21.3
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 3 0.99.5-EL3.1
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 4 0.99.5-EL4.1
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 5 0.99.5-1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0066

  • wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.4.8-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-0459 updated

Multiple Wireshark issues (CVE-2007-0457, CVE-2007-0458, CVE-2007-0459)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 wireshark 0.99.5-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) wireshark 0.99.5-1.el5, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 wireshark 0.99.5-AS21.3, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-AS21.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 wireshark 0.99.5-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 wireshark 0.99.5-EL4.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-EL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) wireshark 0.99.5-1.el5, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-1.el5
    +9 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 wireshark 0.99.5-EL4.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-EL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) wireshark 0.99.5-1.el5, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 wireshark 0.99.5-AS21.3, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-AS21.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 wireshark 0.99.5-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 wireshark 0.99.5-EL4.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-EL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 wireshark 0.99.5-AS21.3, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-AS21.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 wireshark 0.99.5-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 wireshark 0.99.5-EL4.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-EL4.1 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 wireshark 0.99.5-AS21.3, wireshark-gnome 0.99.5-AS21.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0066

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Exploit prediction

2.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.wireshark.org http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1200 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.