CVE-2006-3632
Buffer overflow in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.8.16 to 0.99.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the NFS dissector.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.8.16 to 0.99.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the NFS dissector.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 7.47% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ethereal group/ethereal
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 7.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0602.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21078Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21107Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21121Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21204Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21249Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21467Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21488Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21598Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22089Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-09.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016532
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-197.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1127
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:128
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/27371
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440576/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19051
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2850
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-01.htmlPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27830
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-512
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9468
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0602.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21078Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21107Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21121Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.