CVE-2007-6113
Integer signedness error in the DNP3 dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.12 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop) via a malformed DNP3 packet.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 7.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Integer signedness error in the DNP3 dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.12 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop) via a malformed DNP3 packet.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.96% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 31 August 2007
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 7.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27777Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28197Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28207Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28288Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28304Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28325Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28564Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28583Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29048Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3095
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018988
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.html
- http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5LP0V00MAI.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478497/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018635
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3956Vendor Advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36392
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9841
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4347
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.