CVE-2006-4574
High
CVE-2006-4574
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.
Exploit probability
4.2%
Published
October 28, 2006
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2006-4574
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22590
- 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.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/29844
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740