CVE-2003-0429

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-07-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The OSI dissector in Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via invalid IPv4 or IPv6 prefix lengths, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Affected products

Ethereal Group Ethereal: through 0.9.12

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000662
http://secunia.com/advisories/9007
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-324
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A84
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000662
http://secunia.com/advisories/9007
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-324
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html

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