CVE-2006-4333
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4EPSS 4.0%EU EUVD
The SSCOP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) before 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via malformed packets that cause the Q.2391 dissector to use excessive memory.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 4.0% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4321)
- Published
- August 24, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4321 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21597(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21619
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21649
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21682
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21813
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21885
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22378
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-26.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016736(Patch)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-227.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1171
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/696896(US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:152
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0658.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444323/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19690(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3370
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28553
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28556
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-597
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11801
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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