CVE-2008-4685

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the dissect_q931_cause_ie function in packet-q931.c in the Q.931 dissector in Wireshark 0.10.3 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via certain packets that trigger an exception.

How to fix CVE-2008-4685

To remediate CVE-2008-4685, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 1.0.4-1 or later

Is CVE-2008-4685 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 1.0.4-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4685