CVE-2008-1072 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the TFTP dissector of Wireshark versions 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, specifically when running on Ubuntu 7.10. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a malformed packet, leading to a crash or excessive memory consumption. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7, indicating a medium severity, with local access and medium attack complexity required, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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