CVE-2007-6121 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) versions 0.8.16 through 0.99.6, where a malformed RPC Portmap packet can cause the application to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.8.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.17aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.17a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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