CVE-2007-6112

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers...

10.0 HighFix available

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Exploit likelihood

6.21%Down 2.0 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 10.0

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Record: CVE-2007-6112
CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Record: CVE-2007-6112
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2007-6081 No score

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Record: EUVD-2007-6081
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q69w-42hm-p3qq No score

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers...

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Record: GHSA-q69w-42hm-p3qq
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Record: CVE-2007-6112
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6112 No score

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6112
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

wireshark

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`wireshark` Debian:12	before 0.99.7~pre1-1	0.99.7~pre1-1
`wireshark` Debian:13	before 0.99.7~pre1-1	0.99.7~pre1-1
`wireshark` Debian:14	before 0.99.7~pre1-1	0.99.7~pre1-1
`wireshark` Debian:5.0 From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0.99.6rel-5+0.99.7~pre1-1+lenny1	0.99.6rel-5+0.99.7~pre1-1+lenny1
`libsmi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el4	0:0.4.5-2.el4
`libsmi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el4	0:0.4.5-2.el4
`libsmi-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el4	0:0.4.5-2.el4
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el4	0:0.99.7-1.el4
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el4	0:0.99.7-1.el4
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el4	0:0.99.7-1.el4

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`libsmi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el4	0:0.4.5-2.el4
`libsmi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el4	0:0.4.5-2.el4
`libsmi-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el4	0:0.4.5-2.el4
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el4	0:0.99.7-1.el4
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el4	0:0.99.7-1.el4
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el4	0:0.99.7-1.el4
`libsmi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el4	0:0.4.5-2.el4
`libsmi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el4	0:0.4.5-2.el4
`libsmi-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el4	0:0.4.5-2.el4
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el4	0:0.99.7-1.el4
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el4	0:0.99.7-1.el4
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el4	0:0.99.7-1.el4
`libsmi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el4	0:0.4.5-2.el4
`libsmi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el4	0:0.4.5-2.el4
`libsmi-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el4	0:0.4.5-2.el4
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el4	0:0.99.7-1.el4
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el4	0:0.99.7-1.el4
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el4	0:0.99.7-1.el4
`libsmi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el5	0:0.4.5-2.el5
`libsmi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el5	0:0.4.5-2.el5
`libsmi-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el5	0:0.4.5-2.el5
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el5	0:0.99.7-1.el5
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el5	0:0.99.7-1.el5
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el5	0:0.99.7-1.el5
`libsmi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el5	0:0.4.5-2.el5
`libsmi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el5	0:0.4.5-2.el5
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el5	0:0.99.7-1.el5
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el5	0:0.99.7-1.el5
`libsmi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el5	0:0.4.5-2.el5
`libsmi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el5	0:0.4.5-2.el5
`libsmi-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-2.el5	0:0.4.5-2.el5
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el5	0:0.99.7-1.el5
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el5	0:0.99.7-1.el5
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-1.el5	0:0.99.7-1.el5

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	affected, aliases, facts, references, title	GitHub Advisories, OSV
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2007-6112 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Wireshark, published November 23, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.21%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in wireshark 0.99.7~pre1-1.

References

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