CVE-2006-1939

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.9.x up to 0.10.14 allow remote attackers to...

5.0 Medium

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.9.x up to 0.10.14 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash from null dereference) via (1) an invalid display filter, or the (2) GSM SMS, (3) ASN.1-based, (4) DCERPC NT, (5) PER, (6) RPC, (7) DCERPC, and (8) ASN.1 dissectors.

Exploit likelihood

2.70%Down 1.7 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Record: CVE-2006-1939
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2006-1939
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2006-1939 No score

Record: EUVD-2006-1939
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j74p-5vhc-j95m No score

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.9.x up to 0.10.14 allow remote attackers to...

Record: GHSA-j74p-5vhc-j95m
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

ethereal group ethereal

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`ethereal` Debian:3.0 From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0.9.4-1woody15, plus listed versions 0.9.4-1woody110.9.4-1woody120.9.4-1woody130.9.4-1woody140.9.4-1woody9	0.9.4-1woody15
`ethereal` Debian:3.1 From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0.10.10-2sarge5, plus listed versions 0.10.10-2sarge20.10.10-2sarge30.10.10-2sarge4	0.10.10-2sarge5
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:0.99.0-EL3.2	0:0.99.0-EL3.2
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:0.99.0-EL3.2	0:0.99.0-EL3.2
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:0.99.0-EL3.2	0:0.99.0-EL3.2
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:0.99.0-EL3.2	0:0.99.0-EL3.2
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:0.99.0-EL3.2	0:0.99.0-EL3.2
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:0.99.0-EL3.2	0:0.99.0-EL3.2
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:0.99.0-EL3.2	0:0.99.0-EL3.2
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:0.99.0-EL3.2	0:0.99.0-EL3.2

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:0.99.0-EL3.2	0:0.99.0-EL3.2
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:0.99.0-EL3.2	0:0.99.0-EL3.2
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:0.99.0-EL3.2	0:0.99.0-EL3.2
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:0.99.0-EL3.2	0:0.99.0-EL3.2

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-1939 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published April 25, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.70%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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