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high 7.5

CVE-2006-3630 json

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 a…

published 2006-07-18 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-3625

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.99.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3630

  • wireshark RHEL 3 0.99.2-EL3.1
  • wireshark RHEL 4 0.99.2-EL4.1
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 3 0.99.2-EL3.1
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 4 0.99.2-EL4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0602

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-3630 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 wireshark 0.99.2-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.2-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 wireshark 0.99.2-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.2-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 wireshark 0.99.2-EL4.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.2-EL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 wireshark 0.99.2-EL4.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.2-EL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 wireshark 0.99.2-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.2-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 wireshark 0.99.2-EL4.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.2-EL4.1
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 wireshark 0.99.2-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.2-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 wireshark 0.99.2-EL4.1, wireshark-gnome 0.99.2-EL4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0602

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Exploit prediction

1.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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