CVE-2007-6111

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 79th percentile. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 2.07.1High EPSS percentile79th1.9% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit known FixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published 2007-11-23Updated 2026-04-23Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via (1) a crafted MP3 file or (2) unspecified vectors to the NCP dissector.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS79th

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

1.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 79th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

5 events over 6789 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2026-06-25OpenVAS check added
2026-04-23Patch availablerecord updated
2007-11-23Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

ethereal groupaka ethereal
- etherealSecurity ProductOn-premSecurity Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
wiresharkoss-project · US
- wiresharkDesktop AppOn-premNetworking Infrastructure / network-management

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Technical detail

CVSS 2.0 vector

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AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Scored 7.1 by NVD.

How it is reached

Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
Access Complexity MediumSome conditions must be met
Authentication NoneNo authentication required

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
Availability CompleteTotal shutdown of the affected resource

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfoNo name in the record

Sources

References in the record

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