CVE-2005-1461

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) SIP, (2) CMIP, (3) CMP, (4) CMS, (5) CRMF, (6) ESS, (7) OCSP, (8) X.509, (9) ISIS, (10) DISTCC, (11) FCELS, (12) Q.931, (13) NCP, (14) TCAP, (15) ISUP, (16) MEGACO, (17) PKIX1Explitit, (18) PKIX_Qualified, (19) Presentation dissectors in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

Ethereal Group Ethereal: 0.8, 0.8.13, 0.8.14, 0.8.15, 0.8.18, 0.8.19 (+29)

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000963
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00019.html
http://www.ethereal.com/news/item_20050504_01.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-427.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13504
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9853
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000963
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00019.html
http://www.ethereal.com/news/item_20050504_01.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-427.html

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