CVE-2007-6450

wireshark RPL dissector crash

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The RPL dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors.

El analizador de protocolo RPL de Wireshark (anteriormente Ethereal) 0.9.8 hasta 0.99.6 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (bucle infinito) a través de vectores desconocidos.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-12-19 CVE Reserved
2007-12-19 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (25)

URL	Tag	Source
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958	X_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/advisories/27777	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28288	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28304	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28315	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28325	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28564	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28583	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048	Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39186	Vdb Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11442	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html	2018-10-15
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml	2018-10-15
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1446	2018-10-15
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001	2018-10-15
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1	2018-10-15
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html	2018-10-15
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.html	2018-10-15
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html	2018-10-15
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6450	2008-01-21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427253	2008-01-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.9.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.9.8"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.5 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.5"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.6"		-		Affected