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CVE-2007-6112

CRITICAL
10.0
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score0.1380%
EPSS Percentile27.43th
PublishedNov 23, 2007
Last ModifiedApr 23, 2026

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦
Wireshark

Wireshark

= 0.99.6

References & Advisories

🔗 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
🔗 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/27777
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/28197
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/28207
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/28288
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/28304
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/28325

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