CVE-2008-3146
wireshark - several vulnerabilities
EPSS 1.8%
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in packet_ncp2222.inc in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.7 through 1.0.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NCP packet that causes an invalid pointer to be used.
How to fix CVE-2008-3146
To remediate CVE-2008-3146, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 1.0.3-1 or later
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 1.0.2-3+lenny1 or later
Is CVE-2008-3146 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.0.3-1
- from 0, < 1.0.2-3+lenny1