Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 23, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-6112
CVE-2007-6112
Description
Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
25- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532nvdPatch
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.htmlnvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/27777nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28197nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28288nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28304nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28207nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28325nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28564nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29048nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threadednvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3956nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14561nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9772nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00712.htmlnvd
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