CVE-2006-4574

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-10-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-193

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.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: from 0.10.1 through 0.99.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22590
http://secunia.com/advisories/22659
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195

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