CVE-2006-4805

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-10-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-xot.c in the XOT dissector (dissect_xot_pdu) in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via an encoded XOT packet that produces a zero length value when it is decoded.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.9.8, 0.9.10, 0.10, 0.10.4, 0.10.13, 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.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723736

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