CVE-2002-0821

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.9.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via (1) the BGP dissector, or (2) the WCP dissector.

Affected products

Ethereal Group Ethereal: through 0.9.4

References

http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00005.html
http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00005.html

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