7.5

CVE-2002-0821: ethereal_group ethereal

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 02-08-2002Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-0821 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in ethereal_group ethereal. EPSS estimates a 2.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.78%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-08-2002
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.9.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via (1) the BGP dissector, or (2) the WCP dissector.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.78% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
2.78%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ethereal_group1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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