CVE-2008-3934

wireshark: crash via crafted Tektronix .rf5 file

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Unspecified vulnerability in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Tektronix .rf5 file.

Vulnerabilidad no especificada en Wireshark (anteriormente Ethereal) 0.99.6 hasta 1.0.2, permite a los atacantes provocar una denegación de servicio (caída), mediante un fichero Tektronix .rf5 manipulado.

*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

Adjacent

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

2008-09-04 CVE Reserved
2008-09-04 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (20)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/31864	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31886	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32028	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091	Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm	X_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0278	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496487/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020819	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2493	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15087	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9920	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html	2018-10-11

URL	Date	SRC
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-17.xml	2018-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:199	2018-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00713.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00715.html	2018-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3934	2008-10-01
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461245	2008-10-01

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"				0.99.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.6"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.6a Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.6a"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.7 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.7"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.8"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.0.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.0.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.0.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.0.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.0.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.0.2"		-		Affected