CVE-2006-5595 Memory corruption in n/a
An attacker can cause a crash or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious capture file with WEP key parsing flaws.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-5595?
CVE-2006-5595 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 28 Oct 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the AirPcap support in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 has unspecified attack vectors related to WEP key parsing.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5595?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5595?
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-2006-5595 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5595 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5595, GHSA-r73h-f7r4-p3vq.