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CVE-2007-6438

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows...

5.0 MediumFix available

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.

Exploit likelihood

2.00%Down 2.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.

Record
CVE-2007-6438
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.

Record
CVE-2007-6438
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-6404 No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.

Record
EUVD-2007-6404
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rxc8-cm3m-q86x No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows...

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.

Record
GHSA-rxc8-cm3m-q86x
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.

Record
CVE-2007-6438
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6438 No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6438
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
wireshark
Debian:12
 before 0.99.7-1
0.99.7-1
wireshark
Debian:13
 before 0.99.7-1
0.99.7-1
wireshark
Debian:14
 before 0.99.7-1
0.99.7-1
wireshark
Debian:5.0
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0.99.7-1~lenny1
0.99.7-1~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
PackageAffectedFixed
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
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
affected, aliases, facts, references, titleGitHub Advisories, OSV
first indexedCVE List, NVD

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

In short

CVE-2007-6438 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Wireshark, published December 19, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.00%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in wireshark 0.99.7-1.

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