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CVE-2007-6451

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6451 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the CIP dissector of Wireshark (versions 0.9.14 to 0.99.6) that can lead to a denial of service (crash) by allowing remote attackers to trigger excessive memory allocation. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0170 is in the 52nd 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-2007-6451Low

wireshark CIP dissector crash

Dec 18, 2007

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
secunia.com / advisories/27777
secunia.com / advisories/28288
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28304
secunia.com / advisories/28315
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28325
secunia.com / advisories/28564
secunia.com / advisories/28583
secunia.com / advisories/29048
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39187
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1975
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9685
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1446
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27071
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html