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CVE-2007-6113

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6113 describes an integer signedness error in the DNP3 dissector of Wireshark versions 0.10.12 through 0.99.6. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by causing a long loop via a specially crafted DNP3 packet. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is considered a medium-severity issue, requiring medium attack complexity and resulting in partial availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit demonstrating an infinite loop is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.8.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.8.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-4347 · Aug 31, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0696 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: libsmi-0:0.4.5-3.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: wireshark-0:0.99.7-EL3.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: libsmi-0:0.4.5-2.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: wireshark-0:0.99.7-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libsmi-0:0.4.5-2.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark-0:0.99.7-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-6113Low

wireshark DNP3 flaws

Nov 22, 2007

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
secunia.com / advisories/27777
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28197
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28207
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28288
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28304
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28325
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28564
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28583
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29048
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/3095
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36392
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1975
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9841
exploit-db.com / exploits/4347
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00712.html
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.html
securiteam.com / securitynews/5LP0V00MAI.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/478497/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26532
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3956
Vendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
PatchVendor Advisory