The SSCOP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) before 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource…

Description

The SSCOP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) before 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via malformed packets that cause the Q.2391 dissector to use excessive memory.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.0% · top 9.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (22)

• ADV-2006-3370 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-597 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-227.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 21682 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11801 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 19690 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 1016736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0658 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 21649 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:152 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• wireshark-sscop-dos(28556) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• DSA-1171 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 21813 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• VU#696896 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 21619 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200608-26 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• wireshark-esp-offbyone(28553) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 21885 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21597 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20060825 rPSA-2006-0158-1 tshark wireshark (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 22378 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 19:06 UTC.