The LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5740.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1562 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 48.75%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.56% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31553 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-03-28 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-02-02 | 42.19% | 48.75% | +6.56% |
| 2 | 2025-05-21 | 39.18% | 42.19% | +3.01% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 39.18% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2008-1562 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wireshark), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1562 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2008-1562: 1 GLSA(s) (200805-05), 1 atom(s) (net-analyzer/wireshark); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-1562 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1562 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2008-1562 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (ethereal, wireshark), 18 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): DNE 8, ignored 4, released 4, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1562 |
The affected version of Wireshark as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 were fixed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark | 0.99.2 | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wireshark | wireshark | 0.99.3 | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wireshark | wireshark | 0.99.4 | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wireshark | wireshark | 0.99.5 | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wireshark | wireshark | 0.99.6 | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wireshark | wireshark | 0.99.7 | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wireshark | wireshark | 0.99.8 | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |