HIGH
wireshark ppp flaws
Published Nov 23, 2007
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.21%
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.
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
libsmi-0:0.4.5-2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0058
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
wireshark-0:0.99.7-1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0058
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libsmi-0:0.4.5-2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0058
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark-0:0.99.7-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0058
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libsmi-0:0.4.5-2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0058 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | wireshark-0:0.99.7-1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0058 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libsmi-0:0.4.5-2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0058 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark-0:0.99.7-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0058 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.21% 0.06212
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06212
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.21% (0.06212) | 93.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.26% (0.06263) | 92.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.17% (0.04167) | 87.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.82% (0.06822) | 85.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.17% (0.04167) | 87.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.96% (0.07959) | 94.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.31% (0.05306) | 93.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 5.51% (0.05511) | 93.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 3.43% (0.03428) | 91.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 26, 2024 | 3.40% (0.03401) | 91.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.75% (0.02750) | 88.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 93.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 92.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 82.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (29)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27777 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28197 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28207 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28288 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28304 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28325 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28564 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018988 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3956 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6112 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=397271 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6112
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14561 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9772 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6112
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00712.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Nov 23, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 23, 2007
Link CVE-2007-6112
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a