CVE-2006-5740

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
Unspecified vulnerability in the LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted LDAP packet.
CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.25%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 82
Score date: 10/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)

Wireshark — Wireshark
CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other
References

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