Unspecified vulnerability in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.11 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause…

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.11 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain vectors that trigger a null dereference.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

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 (19)

• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• wireshark-wbxml-dos(29842) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 23096 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9537 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
• 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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 19:48 UTC.