CVE-2008-3140
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.9%EU EUVD
The syslog dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors, possibly related to an "incomplete SS7 MSU syslog encapsulated 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
- 4.9% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3130)
- Published
- July 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3130 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30886(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30942
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31085
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31378(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020404
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493882/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30020
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1982/references
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43518
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14700
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00544.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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