CVE-2007-6450

The RPL dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to...

5.0 MediumFix available

The RPL dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors.

Exploit likelihood

2.93%Down 1.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

The RPL dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors.

Record: CVE-2007-6450
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

The RPL dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors.

Record: CVE-2007-6450
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2007-6416 No score

The RPL dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors.

Record: EUVD-2007-6416
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pr2q-93pr-r6j2 No score

The RPL dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to...

The RPL dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors.

Record: GHSA-pr2q-93pr-r6j2
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

The RPL dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors.

Record: CVE-2007-6450
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6450 No score

The RPL dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6450
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

wireshark

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`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:4.0 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0.99.4-5.etch.2, plus listed versions 0.99.4-50.99.4-5.etch.00.99.4-5.etch.1	0.99.4-5.etch.2
`ethereal` Debian:3.1 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0.10.10-2sarge11, plus listed versions 0.10.10-2sarge100.10.10-2sarge20.10.10-2sarge30.10.10-2sarge40.10.10-2sarge50.10.10-2sarge60.10.10-2sarge80.10.10-2sarge9	0.10.10-2sarge11
`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

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`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
`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
`libsmi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-3.el3	0:0.4.5-3.el3
`libsmi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-3.el3	0:0.4.5-3.el3
`libsmi-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-3.el3	0:0.4.5-3.el3
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-EL3.1	0:0.99.7-EL3.1
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-EL3.1	0:0.99.7-EL3.1
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-EL3.1	0:0.99.7-EL3.1
`libsmi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-3.el3	0:0.4.5-3.el3
`libsmi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-3.el3	0:0.4.5-3.el3
`libsmi-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-3.el3	0:0.4.5-3.el3
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-EL3.1	0:0.99.7-EL3.1
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-EL3.1	0:0.99.7-EL3.1
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-EL3.1	0:0.99.7-EL3.1
`libsmi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-3.el3	0:0.4.5-3.el3
`libsmi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-3.el3	0:0.4.5-3.el3
`libsmi-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-3.el3	0:0.4.5-3.el3
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-EL3.1	0:0.99.7-EL3.1
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-EL3.1	0:0.99.7-EL3.1
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-EL3.1	0:0.99.7-EL3.1
`libsmi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-3.el3	0:0.4.5-3.el3
`libsmi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-3.el3	0:0.4.5-3.el3
`libsmi-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.4.5-3.el3	0:0.4.5-3.el3
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-EL3.1	0:0.99.7-EL3.1
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-EL3.1	0:0.99.7-EL3.1
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 14 CVEs	before 0:0.99.7-EL3.1	0:0.99.7-EL3.1

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-2007-6450 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 2.93%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in wireshark 0.99.7-1.

References

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