CVE-2003-0159

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-04-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NTLMSSP code for Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

Ethereal Group Ethereal: 0.8.18, 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.4 (+5)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104741640924709&w=2
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:051
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_019_ethereal.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7050
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A55
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104741640924709&w=2
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:051
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_019_ethereal.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html

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