MEDIUM
wireshark RPC Portmap flaws
Published Nov 23, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.00%
Description
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.8.16 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed RPC Portmap packet.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.8.16
- 0.8.17
- 0.8.17a
- 0.8.18
- 0.8.19
- 0.8.20
- 0.9
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9.4
- 0.9.5
- 0.9.6
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.8
- 0.9.9
- 0.9.10
- 0.9.11
- 0.9.12
- 0.9.13
- 0.9.14
- 0.9.15
- 0.9.16
- 0.10
- 0.10.0
- 0.10.0a
- 0.10.1
- 0.10.2
- 0.10.3
- 0.10.4
- 0.10.5
- 0.10.6
- 0.10.7
- 0.10.8
- 0.10.9
- 0.10.10
- 0.10.11
- 0.10.12
- 0.10.13
- 0.10.14
- 0.99.0
- 0.8.16
- 0.9.8
- 0.9.10
- 0.99
- 0.99.0
- 0.99.1
- 0.99.2
- 0.99.3
- 0.99.4
- 0.99.5
- 0.99.6
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
libsmi-0:0.4.5-3.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0059
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
wireshark-0:0.99.7-EL3.1
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0059
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 3 | libsmi-0:0.4.5-3.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0059 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | wireshark-0:0.99.7-EL3.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0059 |
| 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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.00% 0.02003
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02003
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 | 2.00% (0.02003) | 80.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.02% (0.02020) | 78.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.42% (0.02420) | 83.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.06% (0.06061) | 84.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.42% (0.02420) | 84.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.27% (0.00265) | 66.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 0.41% (0.00413) | 74.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 26, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00398) | 73.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.31% (0.00312) | 69.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 29, 2023 | 0.31% (0.00312) | 66.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00288) | 63.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (32)
- 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/27817 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_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28288 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28304 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28325 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28564 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28583 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- 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.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1414 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- 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.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.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-2007-6121 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=397371 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6121
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11374 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6121
- 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-2007-6121
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a