FKIE_CVE-2008-5285
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-01 15:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:59
Severity
Summary
Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.
References
Impacted products
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