wireshark: TFTP dissector crash
Published Feb 28, 2008
4.7
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.72%
Description
The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, when running on Ubuntu 7.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) via a malformed packet, possibly related to a Cairo library bug.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.6
- 0.7.9
- 0.8.16
- 0.9.10
- 0.10
- 0.10.4
- 0.10.13
- 0.99
- 0.99.1
- 0.99.2
- 0.99.3
- 0.99.4
- 0.99.5
- 0.99.6
- 0.99.7
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
wireshark-0:1.0.3-EL3.3
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0890
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
wireshark-0:1.0.3-3.el4_7
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0890
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark-0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0890
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | wireshark-0:1.0.3-EL3.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0890 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | wireshark-0:1.0.3-3.el4_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0890 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark-0:1.0.3-4.el5_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0890 |
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.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.72% (0.00716) | 52.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.72% (0.00716) | 48.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00109) | 26.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.42% (0.00423) | 75.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 5, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00206) | 57.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00191) | 54.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (27)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29156 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29188 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29223 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29242 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29511 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29736 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32091 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-32.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0092 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488967/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28025 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0704 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1072 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435483 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2296 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1072
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10188 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1072
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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