CVE-2008-3933 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash Wireshark by sending crafted packets with malformed zlib-compressed data, requiring user interaction to capture or open the traffic.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-3933?
CVE-2008-3933 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 4 Sep 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.14 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a packet with crafted zlib-compressed data that triggers an invalid read in the tvb_uncompress function.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3933?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3933?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-3933 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3933 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3933, GHSA-jwfr-jmg6-pgjf.