CVE-2006-5469 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2006-5469?

CVE-2006-5469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 28 Oct 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.11 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain vectors that trigger a null dereference.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5469?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5469?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2006-5469 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5469 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2009-1266 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-1210 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Wireshark Wireshark vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5469, GHSA-84gp-7f3g-6v6v.