CVE-2007-6112

Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—
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.
CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Base score: 10
Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 6.21%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 93
Score date: 10/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)

Wireshark — Wireshark
CWEs

CWE-119
References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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