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CVE-2002-1355: ethereal_group ethereal

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 17-12-2002Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-1355 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in ethereal_group ethereal. EPSS estimates a 1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.71%
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. 17-12-2002
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the BGP dissector in Ethereal 0.9.7 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed messages.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.71% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
1.71%

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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