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CVE-2008-4680

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4680 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Wireshark versions 0.99.7 through 1.0.3, specifically within the USB dissector. An attacker can trigger an application crash or abort by providing a malformed USB Request Block (URB). This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.99.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.99.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0278 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.6-EL3.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el5_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-4680Low

wireshark: DoS (app crash or abort) via malformed USB Request Block (URB).

Oct 1, 2008

References

bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/32355
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34144
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15091
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9605
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/31838
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2872
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.html
Vendor Advisory