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CVE-2006-5740: wireshark

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-5740
Published 27-10-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-5740 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 2.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.25%
0%100%
Low · +0.12 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 · Duplicates 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1RHSA-2006:0726CVE-2006-5470

Timeline

  1. 27-10-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted LDAP packet.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.12 pp

From 2.14% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.25%

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< 0.99.4-1
Wireshark1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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