CVE-2006-4805
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 4.5% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4792)
- Published
- October 27, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4792 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
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22590(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29843
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10199
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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