CVE-2008-3140

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2008-3140 · Published 10/07/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-3140 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting wireshark (wireshark).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.9%, higher than 92.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wireshark wireshark	`= 1.0.0`	No fix yet

Description

The syslog dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors, possibly related to an "incomplete SS7 MSU syslog encapsulated packet."

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
secunia.com/advisories/30886 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/30942
secunia.com/advisories/31085
secunia.com/advisories/31378 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/31687 · Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml
securitytracker.com/id
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212
securityfocus.com/archive/1/493882/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/30020
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1982/references
wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43518

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