CVE-2005-1466

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unknown vulnerability in the DICOM dissector in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation) via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Ethereal Group Ethereal: 0.8, 0.8.13, 0.8.14, 0.8.15, 0.8.18, 0.8.19 (+28)

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%3A11024
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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