CVE-2008-4682
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-4682 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-10-22 18:00:01 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | wtap.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a malformed Tamos CommView capture file (aka .ncf file) with an "unknown/unexpected packet type" that triggers a failed assertion. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.99.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.99.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Wireshark Packet Capture File Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Wireshark 1.0.3 Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| Wireshark 1.0.x Malformed .ncf packet capture Local Denial of Service | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.exploit-db.com | |
| Wireshark Bluetooth ACL, Q.931, and USB Dissector Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securitytracker.com | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Wireshark 1.0.x Malformed .ncf packet capture Local Denial of Service - CXSecurity.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securityreason.com | |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| ASA-2009-082 (RHSA-2009-0313) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Security Alerts - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Wireshark: wnpa-sec-2008-06 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.wireshark.org | Vendor Advisory |
| 2926 – assertion on malformed .ncf file (from milw0rm) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.wireshark.org | |
| wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:215 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| evonet.ro | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | shinnok.evonet.ro | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2009-03-05 | Tomas Hoger | This issue has been addressed in Wireshark packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.