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CVE-2007-6439

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...

6.1 MediumFix available

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

Exploit likelihood

1.29%Down 3.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

Record
CVE-2007-6439
CVSS 2.0
6.1 MediumAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-399
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

Record
CVE-2007-6439
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-6405 No score

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

Record
EUVD-2007-6405
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wv5g-77wr-363r No score

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

Record
GHSA-wv5g-77wr-363r
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

Record
CVE-2007-6439
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6439 No score

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6439
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-2007-6439 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Wireshark, published December 19, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.29%, the 70th percentile. Fixed in wireshark 0.99.7-1.

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