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CVE-2005-0084

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the X11 dissector in Ethereal 0.8.10 through 0.10.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet.

Affected products

• Ethereal Group Ethereal: 0.8, 0.8.13, 0.8.14, 0.8.15, 0.8.16, 0.8.17a (+32)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/13946/
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-106.shtml
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-653
• http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00017.html
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-27.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:013
• http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-037.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12326
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19004
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9140
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13946/

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