CVE-2008-1072
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.7)—
The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, when running on Ubuntu 7.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) via a malformed packet, possibly related to a Cairo library bug.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Base score: 4.7
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.72%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 52
- 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)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29156
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29223
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29511
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29736
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-32.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0092
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:057
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488967/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28025
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019515
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0704
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-01.html
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2296
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10188
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29156
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29223
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29511
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29736
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-32.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0092
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:057
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488967/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28025
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019515
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0704
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-01.html
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2296
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10188
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html
Raw JSON (NVD)
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