CVE-2008-3146

Wireshark 0.9.7-1.0.2 - Buffer Overflow via NCP Packet Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in packet_ncp2222.inc in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.7 through 1.0.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NCP packet that causes an invalid pointer to be used.

References (19)

Core 19
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31864
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0278
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496487/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020819
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2675
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10624
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:199
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-17.xml
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31886
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32028

Scores

EPSS 0.0178
EPSS Percentile 82.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (17)
wireshark/wireshark 0.9.7
wireshark/wireshark 0.9.8
wireshark/wireshark 0.99
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
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.6
... and 7 more
Published Sep 02, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026