CVE-2006-4574 — Off-by-one Error in Wireshark

CWE-193 — Off-by-one ErrorCWE-617 — Reachable Assertion10 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
6.8%
top 8.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedOct 28
Latest updateMay 3

Description

Off-by-one error in the MIME Multipart dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.1 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain vectors that trigger an assertion error related to unexpected length values.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 0.99.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 0.99.4-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark0.10.1 — 0.99.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cjqf-4m3m-v7rh: Off-by-one error in the MIME Multipart dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0↗2022-05-03
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OSV
CVE-2006-4574: Off-by-one error in the MIME Multipart dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0↗2006-10-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
security flaw↗2006-10-30
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Debian
CVE-2006-4574: wireshark - Off-by-one error in the MIME Multipart dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal...↗2006
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📐Framework References

2
CWE
Reachable Assertion↗
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CWE
Off-by-one Error↗
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-4574 security flaw↗2018-08-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2006-4574 Multiple Wireshark issues (CVE-2006-4805, CVE-2006-5468, CVE-2006-5469, CVE-2006-5740)↗2006-10-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2006-1932 Multiple ethereal issues (CVE-2006-1933, CVE-2006-1934, CVE-2006-1935, CVE-2006-1936, CVE-2006-1937, CVE-2006-1938, CVE-2006-1939, CVE-2006-1940, VE-2006-4805, CVE-2006-5468, CVE-2006-54↗2006-05-12
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