CVE-2006-3632 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) versions 0.8.16 through 0.99.0, specifically within its NFS dissector. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.8.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.17aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.17a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.