Unspecified vulnerability in the AirPcap support in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3…
Priority LOW 25Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the AirPcap support in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 has unspecified attack vectors related to WEP key parsing.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01187 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 10
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.7.9 | Vulnerable | Wireshark Foundation |
| cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.8.16 | Vulnerable | Wireshark Foundation |
| cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.9.10 | Vulnerable | Wireshark Foundation |
| cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.10 | Vulnerable | Wireshark Foundation |
| cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.10.4 | Vulnerable | Wireshark Foundation |
| cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.10.13 | Vulnerable | Wireshark Foundation |
| cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.99 | Vulnerable | Wireshark Foundation |
| cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.99.1 | Vulnerable | Wireshark Foundation |
| cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.99.2 | Vulnerable | Wireshark Foundation |
| cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.99.3 | Vulnerable | Wireshark Foundation |
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.9 Vulnerable ·Wireshark Foundation
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.16 Vulnerable ·Wireshark Foundation
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.10 Vulnerable ·Wireshark Foundation
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10 Vulnerable ·Wireshark Foundation
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.4 Vulnerable ·Wireshark Foundation
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.13 Vulnerable ·Wireshark Foundation
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.99 Vulnerable ·Wireshark Foundation
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.99.1 Vulnerable ·Wireshark Foundation
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.99.2 Vulnerable ·Wireshark Foundation
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.99.3 Vulnerable ·Wireshark Foundation
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-5595
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r73h-f7r4-p3vq
References
More Wireshark Foundation Wireshark vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-53718 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Wireshark CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-63612 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Wireshark CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-16149 A buffer overflow in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2010-00291 Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-63614 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Wireshark CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2014-01823 Buffer overflow in the mpeg_read function in wiretap/mpeg.c in the MPEG parser in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2006-5595 · CVE Program
- CVE-2006-5595 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r73h-f7r4-p3vq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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