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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-1561 · published 31 March 2008

CVE-2008-1561: Wireshark vulnerability

Wireshark · Wireshark

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 8.9% · top 4.9%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
8.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
50References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29569 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
http://secunia.com/advisories/29695
http://secunia.com/advisories/29736
http://secunia.com/advisories/29971
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-05.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:091
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490487/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019728
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1007/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41514
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41515
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15089
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9315
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29569 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
http://secunia.com/advisories/29695
http://secunia.com/advisories/29736
http://secunia.com/advisories/29971
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-05.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:091
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490487/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019728

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-1561), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.