CVE-2006-4574

high

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.

References

Advisories

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-10-28

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05714