CVE-2008-5285
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD
Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.0% (81th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5262)
- Published
- December 1, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5262 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
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References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32840(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4663
- 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-2008:242
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/24/1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32422
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021275
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3231
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472737
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11351
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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