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CVE-2008-5285
Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.
Medium5.0EPSS 2.0%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- 20081211 rPSA-2008-0336-1 tshark wireshark (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:242 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 32422 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 4663 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20081122 [SVRT-04-08] Vulnerability in WireShark 1.0.4 for DoS Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1021275 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081124 CVE Request -- wireshark (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 34144 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3231 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11351 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 32840 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472737 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0313 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20081122 [SVRT-04-08] Vulnerability in WireShark 1.0.4 for DoS Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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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