MEDIUM
wireshark: crash in the GSM SMS dissector
Published Jul 10, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.81%
Description
The GSM SMS dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.9.5
- 0.99.2
- 0.99.3
- 0.99.4
- 0.99.5
- 0.99.6
- 0.99.7
- 0.99.8
- 1.0
- 1.0.0
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.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
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.
1.81% 0.01812
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01812
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01812) | 77.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01812) | 75.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.92% (0.02919) | 85.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.11% (0.07109) | 85.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.92% (0.02919) | 85.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00555) | 78.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 16, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00555) | 77.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.51% (0.00512) | 75.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.51% (0.00512) | 73.00th | 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) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (26)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30886 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30942 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31085 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31378 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32091 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32944 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020404 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493882/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30020 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1982/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3137 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454970 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3137
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10860 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15068 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3137
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00544.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 10, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 10, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3137
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a