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CVE-2006-4574
Off-by-one error in the MIME Multipart dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.1 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a…
High7.5EPSS 4.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Off-by-one error in the MIME Multipart dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.1 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain vectors that trigger an assertion error related to unexpected length values.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (21)
- wireshark-mime-dos(29844) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9740 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 23096 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1201 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22590 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4220 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 22841 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20762 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:065 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0726 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 22929 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061101 rPSA-2006-0202-1 tshark wireshark (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 22659 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22692 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:195 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1017129 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 22672 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22797 (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)
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