{
    "id": "CVE-2008-1562",
    "published": "2008-03-31 22:44:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:51:58",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "description": "The LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5740.",
    "epss_score": "0.50693",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98884",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:16:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "wireshark",
            "product": "wireshark"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "31553",
            "title": "Wireshark 0.99.8 - LDAP Dissector Denial of Service",
            "date": "2008-03-28",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31553"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/29569",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/29622",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/29695",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/29736",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/29971",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/32091",
        "http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm",
        "http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138",
        "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-05.xml",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:091",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490487/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019728",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1007/references",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773",
        "http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41516",
        "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14549",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9318",
        "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html",
        "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html"
    ]
}