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Vulnerability details: VCID-gpxq-84n8-yqbf
Vulnerability ID VCID-gpxq-84n8-yqbf
Aliases CVE-2008-6472
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark which allow for Denial of Service or remote code execution.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.9
Risk 1.9
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.00606 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-6472
epss 0.00606 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-6472
epss 0.00606 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-6472
epss 0.00606 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-6472
epss 0.00606 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-6472
epss 0.00606 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-6472
epss 0.00606 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-6472
epss 0.00606 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-6472
epss 0.00606 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-6472
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6472
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-6472.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-6472
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6472
http://secunia.com/advisories/32840
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47292
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6223
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9629
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:242
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html
490370 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490370
506741 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506741
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2008-6472 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6472
GLSA-200906-05 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200906-05
RHSA-2009:0313 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0313
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6472
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.69579
EPSS Score 0.00606
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:44.121984+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200906-05 38.0.0