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Vulnerability details: VCID-khft-fk5n-ufgs
Vulnerability ID VCID-khft-fk5n-ufgs
Aliases CVE-2008-4685
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 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.01097 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4685
epss 0.01097 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4685
epss 0.01097 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4685
epss 0.01097 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4685
epss 0.01097 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4685
epss 0.01097 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4685
epss 0.01097 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4685
epss 0.01097 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4685
epss 0.01097 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4685
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4685
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-4685.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4685
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2870
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4685
http://secunia.com/advisories/32355
http://secunia.com/advisories/32944
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10788
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673
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
468175 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468175
503589 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503589
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2008-4685 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4685
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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4685
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 0.77951
EPSS Score 0.01097
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:44.100728+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200906-05 38.0.0