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CVE-2006-4331: wireshark

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-4331
Published 24-08-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-4331 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 4.47% 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
4.47%
0%100%
Low · +0.08 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2006:0658

Timeline

  1. 24-08-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple off-by-one errors in the IPSec ESP preference parser in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.08 pp

From 4.39% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.47%

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

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 0.99.2-5.1
Wireshark1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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