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Vulnerability details: VCID-kbpy-yhwh-9uf1
Vulnerability ID VCID-kbpy-yhwh-9uf1
Aliases CVE-2008-4681
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 (2)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.01047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4681
epss 0.01047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4681
epss 0.01047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4681
epss 0.01047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4681
epss 0.01047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4681
epss 0.01047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4681
epss 0.01047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4681
epss 0.01047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4681
epss 0.01047 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4681
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4681
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-4681.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4681
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4681
http://secunia.com/advisories/32355
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46014
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11194
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14853
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31838
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2872
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.html
468167 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468167
503589 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503589
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.6a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.6a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2008-4681 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4681
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-2008-4681
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 0.77444
EPSS Score 0.01047
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:44.063124+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200906-05 38.0.0