CVE-2008-4682 in Wireshark

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.

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• Reservation: 10/22/2008
• Disclosure: 10/22/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-44653 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-20 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 5.3
• EPSS: 0.06010
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4682
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4682
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-4682/