CVE-2008-1070
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD
The SCTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.0% (81th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1081)
- Published
- February 28, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1081 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29156(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29223
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29511
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29736
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-32.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0092
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:057
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488967/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28025
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019515
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0704
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-01.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2296
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11378
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14995
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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