CVE-2007-6112

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2007-6112 · Published 23/11/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-6112 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting wireshark (wireshark).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.2%, higher than 93.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wireshark wireshark	`= 0.99.6`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

References

bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
secunia.com/advisories/27777 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/28197 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/28207
secunia.com/advisories/28288 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/28304 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/28325
secunia.com/advisories/28564
secunia.com/advisories/29048
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
securitytracker.com/id
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
mandriva.com/security/advisories
mandriva.com/security/advisories

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