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    CVE-2007-6118

    The MEGACO dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.14 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop and resource consumption) via unknown vectors.

    Published:Nov 22, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 23, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.0488
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ethereal Group
    Product
    Ethereal
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Wireshark
    Product
    Wireshark

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2010-1455 (CVSS 4.3) — The DOCSIS dissector in Wireshark 0.9.6 through 1.0.12 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.7 allows user-assisted remote att…
    CVE-2007-6121 (CVSS 5) — Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.8.16 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) vi…
    CVE-2007-6111 (CVSS 7.1) — Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) allow remote attackers to cause a denial…
    CVE-2007-6120 (CVSS 5) — The Bluetooth SDP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a …
    CVE-2006-3632 (CVSS 10) — Buffer overflow in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.8.16 to 0.99.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of serv…
    CVE-2006-3629 (CVSS 7.8) — Unspecified vulnerability in the MOUNT dissector in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.9.4 to 0.99.0 allows remote att…
    CVE-2006-3628 (CVSS 10) — Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.10.x to 0.99.0 allow remote attackers to …
    CVE-2006-1939 (CVSS 5) — Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.9.x up to 0.10.14 allow remote attackers to cause a denial …
    CVE-2006-1938 (CVSS 5) — Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.8.x up to 0.10.14 allow remote attackers to cause a denial …
    CVE-2006-1940 (CVSS 5) — Unspecified vulnerability in Ethereal 0.10.4 up to 0.10.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic…

    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27777
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27817
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28197
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28207
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28288
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28304
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28325
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28564
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28583
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1018988
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1414
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3956
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10659
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00712.html
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27777
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27817
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28197
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28207
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28288
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28304
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28325
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28564
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28583
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1018988
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1414
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3956
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10659
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00712.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High