| Name | CVE-2008-4682 |
| Description | wtap.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a malformed Tamos CommView capture file (aka .ncf file) with an "unknown/unexpected packet type" that triggers a failed assertion. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 503589 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wireshark (PTS) | bookworm, bookworm (security) | 4.0.17-0+deb12u3 | fixed |
| trixie (security), trixie | 4.4.18-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| forky | 4.6.6-1 | fixed |
| sid | 4.6.6-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[etch] - wireshark <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, introduced in 0.99.7)