CVE-2008-1561

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 31, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-1561: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix