CVE-2005-0704

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% 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 Etheric dissector in Ethereal 0.10.7 through 0.10.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

Ethereal Group Ethereal: 0.10.7, 0.10.8, 0.10.9

References

http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00018.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-16.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:053
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-306.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12762
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10447
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00018.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-16.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:053
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-306.html

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