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CVE-2006-1938: ethereal_group ethereal

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

CVE-2006-1938 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in ethereal_group ethereal. EPSS estimates a 2.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.7% 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
2.70%
0%100%
Low · +0.06 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

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.8.x up to 0.10.14 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash from null dereference) via the (1) Sniffer capture or (2) SMB PIPE dissector.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.70%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.06 pp

From 2.64% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.70%

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
  • ethereal0.8 | 0.8.5 | 0.8.6 | 0.8.7 | 0.8.8 | 0.8.9 | 0.8.10 | 0.8.11 | 0.8.12 | 0.8.13 | 0.8.14 | 0.8.15 | 0.8.16 | 0.8.17 | 0.8.17a | 0.8.18 | 0.8.19 | 0.8.20 | 0.9 | 0.9.0 | 0.9.1 | 0.9.2 | 0.9.3 | 0.9.4 | 0.9.5 | 0.9.6 | 0.9.7 | 0.9.8 | 0.9.9 | 0.9.10 | 0.9.11 | 0.9.12 | 0.9.13 | 0.9.14 | 0.9.15 | 0.9.16 | 0.9_.0 | 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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