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CVE-2006-1936: ethereal_group ethereal

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 25-04-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-1936 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in ethereal_group ethereal. EPSS estimates a 4.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.46%
0%100%
Low · +0.10 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1049-1RHSA-2006:0420

Timeline

  1. 25-04-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in Ethereal 0.8.5 up to 0.10.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the telnet dissector.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.10 pp

From 4.36% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ethereal_group1 product
  • ethereal0.9.15 | 0.9.16 | 0.10 | 0.10.0 | 0.10.0a | 0.10.1 | 0.10.2 | 0.10.3 | 0.10.4 | 0.10.5 | 0.10.6 | 0.10.7 | 0.10.8 | 0.10.9 | 0.10.10 | 0.10.11 | 0.10.12 | 0.10.13

1 vendor · 1 product

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