CVE-2006-5468 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the HTTP dissector of Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) version 0.99.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) through unknown vectors. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code publicly available through Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Furthermore, this CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.99.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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