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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2007-6113 json

Integer signedness error in the DNP3 dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.12 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

published 2007-11-23 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-6082

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.0%
EPSS 7.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Integer signedness error in the DNP3 dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.12 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop) via a malformed DNP3 packet.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.99.6pre1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6113

  • wireshark RHEL 3 0.99.7-EL3.1
  • libsmi RHEL 3 0.4.5-3.el3
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 3 0.99.7-EL3.1
  • wireshark RHEL 4 0.99.7-1.el4
  • wireshark RHEL 5 0.99.7-1.el5
  • libsmi RHEL 4 0.4.5-2.el4
  • libsmi RHEL 5 0.4.5-2.el5
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 4 0.99.7-1.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0059RHSA-2008:0058

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-2007-6113 updated

wireshark DNP3 flaws

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 libsmi 0.4.5-3.el3, wireshark 0.99.7-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.7-EL3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0059
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) libsmi 0.4.5-2.el5, wireshark 0.99.7-1.el5, wireshark-gnome 0.99.7-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0058
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 libsmi 0.4.5-3.el3, wireshark 0.99.7-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.7-EL3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0059
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 libsmi 0.4.5-2.el4, wireshark 0.99.7-1.el4, wireshark-gnome 0.99.7-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) libsmi 0.4.5-2.el5, wireshark 0.99.7-1.el5, wireshark-gnome 0.99.7-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 libsmi 0.4.5-2.el4, wireshark 0.99.7-1.el4, wireshark-gnome 0.99.7-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) libsmi 0.4.5-2.el5, wireshark 0.99.7-1.el5, wireshark-gnome 0.99.7-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0058
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 libsmi 0.4.5-3.el3, wireshark 0.99.7-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.7-EL3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0059
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 libsmi 0.4.5-2.el4, wireshark 0.99.7-1.el4, wireshark-gnome 0.99.7-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0058
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 libsmi 0.4.5-3.el3, wireshark 0.99.7-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.7-EL3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0059
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 libsmi 0.4.5-2.el4, wireshark 0.99.7-1.el4, wireshark-gnome 0.99.7-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0058

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-4347)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-4347 Wireshark < 0.99.5 - DNP3 Dissector Infinite Loop dos, 2007-08-31

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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