VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-6439

CVSS score6.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.29%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-12-19
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

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