wireshark: crash in the RTMPT dissector
Published Jul 10, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.90%
Description
The RTMPT dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.8 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors. NOTE: this might be due to a use-after-free error.
Affected products
No data.
- 1
- 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.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.90% (0.02902) | 86.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.90% (0.02902) | 85.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.07% (0.02074) | 73.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.81% (0.00810) | 72.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00484) | 76.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 16, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 73.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00365) | 71.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 7, 2023 | 0.36% (0.00365) | 69.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.34% (0.00338) | 66.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020404 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493882/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30020 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1982/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3139 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454972 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43517 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3139
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14682 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3139
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00544.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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