CVE-2008-3140

Wireshark 1.0.0 - Denial of Service in Syslog Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-3140. PoCs published by Noam Rathus.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark versions 0.9.5 to 1.0.0, including potential information disclosure, DoS, and unconfirmed arbitrary code execution. It references PCAP files hosted on ExploitDB as proof-of-concept exploits.

Description

The syslog dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors, possibly related to an "incomplete SS7 MSU syslog encapsulated packet."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Noam Rathus · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32006

The provided text describes multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark versions 0.9.5 to 1.0.0, including potential information disclosure, DoS, and unconfirmed arbitrary code execution. It references PCAP files hosted on ExploitDB as proof-of-concept exploits.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos | Info Leak
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Wireshark 0.9.5 to 1.0.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to network traffic captured in PCAP format · Victim must open malicious PCAP in vulnerable Wireshark version
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00544.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30886
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30942
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1982/references
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493882/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14700
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30020
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31378
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43518
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020404
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31085

Scores

EPSS 0.0587
EPSS Percentile 90.7%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
wireshark/wireshark 1.0.0
Published Jul 10, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026