CVE-2008-1563

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—💥 Exploit
The "decode as" feature in packet-bssap.c in the SCCP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Base score: 4.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.78%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 90
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).
💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
Published on Exploit-DB · Wireshark 0.99.8 - SCCP Dissector Decode As Feature Denial of Service (3/28/2008)
Affected technologies (1)

Wireshark — Wireshark
CWEs

NVD-CWE-noinfo
References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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