CVE-2007-6450 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the RPL dissector in Wireshark versions 0.9.8 through 0.99.6. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop within the application through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is rated as medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, with the potential impact limited to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.99CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.99.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.99.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.99.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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