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CVE-2006-1935

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1935 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Ethereal versions 0.9.15 through 0.10.14, specifically within its COPS dissector. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, primarily impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.0aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0503 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ethereal-0:0.99.0-EL3.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-1935Moderate

security flaw

Apr 24, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
secunia.com / advisories/19769
secunia.com / advisories/19805
secunia.com / advisories/19828
secunia.com / advisories/19839
secunia.com / advisories/19958
secunia.com / advisories/19962
secunia.com / advisories/20117
secunia.com / advisories/20210
secunia.com / advisories/20944
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26013
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10811
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-128.htm
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1049
ethereal.com / appnotes/enpa-sa-00023.html
PatchURL Repurposed
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-17.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00194.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00195.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0420.html
securityfocus.com / bid/17682
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1501