CVE-2006-4331 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via off-by-one errors in the IPSec ESP preference parser, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-4331?
CVE-2006-4331 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 24 Aug 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple off-by-one errors in the IPSec ESP preference parser in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4331?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4331?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2006-4331 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4331 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4331, GHSA-8g49-gwpq-xm8f.