Is CVE-2006-4574 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-4574 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-4574?

CVE-2006-4574 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2006-4574

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-193
EPSS score: 4.4% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-4562)
Published: October 28, 2006
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4562 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on January 17, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

wireshark / wireshark

References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22659(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096(Broken Link)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017129(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220(Broken Link)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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