CVE-2007-6439 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) version 0.99.6. Remote attackers can trigger an infinite or large loop, leading to resource exhaustion or a crash, by sending specially crafted packets to the IPv6 or USB dissectors. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring adjacent network access for exploitation and resulting in a complete denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.99.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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