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Vulnerability details: VCID-ea45-fcyg-4ueb
Vulnerability ID VCID-ea45-fcyg-4ueb
Aliases CVE-2008-1562
Summary Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.4
Risk 0.8
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.48752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1562
epss 0.48752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1562
epss 0.48752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1562
epss 0.48752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1562
epss 0.48752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1562
epss 0.48752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1562
epss 0.48752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1562
epss 0.48752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1562
epss 0.48752 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1562
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-1562.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1562
440015 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440015
CVE-2008-1561;OSVDB-43838 Exploit https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485/info
CVE-2008-1562;OSVDB-43840 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/31553.txt
GLSA-200805-05 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200805-05
RHSA-2008:0890 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0890
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added March 28, 2008
Description Wireshark 0.99.8 - LDAP Dissector Denial of Service
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date March 28, 2008
Exploit type dos
Platform linux
Source update date Feb. 17, 2014
Source URL https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485/info
Data source Metasploit
Description The LDAP dissector in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
Note 
Stability:
  - crash-service-down
SideEffects: []
Reliability: []
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date March 28, 2008
Source URL https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/wireshark/ldap.rb
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.97734
EPSS Score 0.48752
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:02:46.312260+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200805-05 38.0.0