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CVE-2006-4331
Multiple off-by-one errors in the IPSec ESP preference parser in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 allow remote attackers to cause a…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.5%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- redhat
Description
Multiple off-by-one errors in the IPSec ESP preference parser in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (18)
- ADV-2006-3370 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-227.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 21682 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14587 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 19690 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10125 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1016736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0658 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 21649 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:152 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 21619 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200608-26 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- wireshark-esp-offbyone(28553) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#638376 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 21885 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21597 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22378 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .