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CVE-2008-6472

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6472 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Wireshark versions 0.99.7 through 1.0.4, specifically within the WLCCP dissector. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop, rendering the application unusable. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring moderate attack complexity and resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion 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
1.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0198 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-2008-6472Low

wireshark: DoS vulnerability in WLCCP dissector

Dec 8, 2008

References

secunia.com / advisories/32840
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34144
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47292
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6223
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9629
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html
PatchVendor Advisory