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CVE-2006-1940

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1940 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Ethereal versions 0.10.4 through 0.10.14, specifically within its SNDCP dissector. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by causing the application to abort. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0264 is in the 76th 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-2006-1940Low

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/26025
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9781
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