CVE-2006-3630

HIGH 7.5CVE-2006-3630 · Published 21/07/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-3630 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting wireshark (wireshark).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 80.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wireshark wireshark	`= 0.9.7= 0.9.8= 0.99.0`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple off-by-one errors in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.9.7 to 0.99.0 have unknown impact and remote attack vectors via the (1) NCP NMAS and (2) NDPS dissectors.

References

patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0602.html · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/21078 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/21107 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/21121 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/21204 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/21249 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/21467 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/21488 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/21598 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/22089 · Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-09.xml
securitytracker.com/id
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-197.htm

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