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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2008-4682 json

wtap.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a malformed Tamos Com…

published 2008-10-22 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4662

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.3%
EPSS 9.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

wtap.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a malformed Tamos CommView capture file (aka .ncf file) with an "unknown/unexpected packet type" that triggers a failed assertion.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4682

  • wireshark RHEL 3 1.0.6-EL3.3
  • wireshark RHEL 4 1.0.6-2.el4_7
  • wireshark RHEL 5 1.0.6-2.el5_3
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 3 1.0.6-EL3.3
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 4 1.0.6-2.el4_7
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 5 1.0.6-2.el5_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0313

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-2008-4682 updated

wireshark: DoS (app abort) via a malformed .ncf file with an unknown/unexpected packet type

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 wireshark 1.0.6-EL3.3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.6-EL3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) wireshark 1.0.6-2.el5_3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.6-2.el5_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 wireshark 1.0.6-EL3.3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.6-EL3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 wireshark 1.0.6-2.el4_7, wireshark-gnome 1.0.6-2.el4_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) wireshark 1.0.6-2.el5_3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.6-2.el5_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 wireshark 1.0.6-2.el4_7, wireshark-gnome 1.0.6-2.el4_7
    +5 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) wireshark 1.0.6-2.el5_3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.6-2.el5_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 wireshark 1.0.6-EL3.3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.6-EL3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 wireshark 1.0.6-2.el4_7, wireshark-gnome 1.0.6-2.el4_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 wireshark 1.0.6-EL3.3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.6-EL3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 wireshark 1.0.6-2.el4_7, wireshark-gnome 1.0.6-2.el4_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0313

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6622)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-6622 Wireshark 1.0.x - '.ncf' Packet Capture Local Denial of Service dos, 2008-09-29

CVSS scores

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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

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.