CVE-2007-3389

Wireshark < 0.99.6 - Denial of Service via Crafted Chunked Encoding in HTTP Response

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-3389. Includes Metasploit module auxiliary/dos/wireshark/chunked.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits a DoS vulnerability in Wireshark's chunked encoding dissector by sending a malformed HTTP response with a chunked-encoding length of 0, causing a crash in versions 0.99.5 and earlier.

Description

Wireshark before 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted chunked encoding in an HTTP response, possibly related to a zero-length payload.

Exploits (1)

metasploit WORKING POC
rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/wireshark/chunked.rb

This Metasploit module exploits a DoS vulnerability in Wireshark's chunked encoding dissector by sending a malformed HTTP response with a chunked-encoding length of 0, causing a crash in versions 0.99.5 and earlier.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Wireshark 0.99.5 and earlier
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to target running vulnerable Wireshark version
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25833
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/37643
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-02.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0710.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26499
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25987
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26004
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-12.xml
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35207
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0709.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:145
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27592
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9964
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018315
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1498
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24662
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28583
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2353
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html

Scores

EPSS 0.2646
EPSS Percentile 96.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (6)
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.0
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.1
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.2
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.3
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.4
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.5
Published Jun 26, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026