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wireshark — security advisory
The fragment_add_work function in epan/reassemble.c in Wireshark 0.8.19 through 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of fragmented packets with non-sequential fragmentation offset values, which lead to a buffer over-read.
- Products
- wireshark
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.0.2-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-3145
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:17 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The fragment_add_work function in epan/reassemble.c in Wireshark 0.8.19 through 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of fragmented packets with non-sequential fragmentation offset values, which lead to a buffer over-read.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3145
wireshark
Fixed versions: 1.0.2-1
wireshark
Fixed versions: 1.0.2-1
wireshark
Fixed versions: 1.0.2-1
Complete source record
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