Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2006-4805
epan/dissectors/packet-xot.c in the XOT dissector (dissect_xot_pdu) in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via an encoded XOT packet that produces a zero length value when it is decoded.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.045 (91.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.045 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 0.9.8, 0.9.10, 0.10
References
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm
- secunia.com/advisories/23096 (third-party-advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html
- www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201 (vendor-advisory)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746
- secunia.com/advisories/22590 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29843 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22841 (third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723736 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)