High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2006· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2006-4574
CVE-2006-4574
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
22- secunia.com/advisories/22590nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htmnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29844nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-PnvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/22659nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/22672nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/22692nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/22797nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/22841nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/22929nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/23096nvdBroken Link
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220nvdBroken Link
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746nvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9740nvdBroken Link
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