CVE-2007-6113 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 6.96% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-189 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-11-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Wireshark < 0.99.5 - DNP3 Dissector Infinite Loop | 2007-08-31 |
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/27777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28197
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28207
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28288
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28304
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28325
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28564
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28583
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
- 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
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