CVE-2000-0333: ethereal_group ethereal
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2000-0333 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in ethereal_group ethereal. EPSS estimates a 7.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 18-05-2000PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
tcpdump, Ethereal, and other sniffer packages allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed DNS packets in which a jump offset refers to itself, which causes tcpdump to enter an infinite loop while decompressing the packet.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
7.58%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 7.58% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Ethereal 0.8.4/0.8.5/0.8.6 / tcpdump 3.4/3.5 alpha - DNS Decode (1)
Maturity: weaponized
Ethereal 0.8.4/0.8.5/0.8.6 / tcpdump 3.4/3.5 alpha - DNS Decode (2)
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
2 vendors · 2 products