7.5

CVE-2003-0081: ethereal_group ethereal

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDSA-258
Published 01-09-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0081 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in ethereal_group ethereal. EPSS estimates a 5.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.82%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 01-09-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Format string vulnerability in packet-socks.c of the SOCKS dissector for Ethereal 0.8.7 through 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via SOCKS packets containing format string specifiers.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.82%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.82% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
5.82%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (guninski.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • ethereal< 0.9.4-1woody3
Ethereal_group1 product
  • ethereal0.8.18 | 0.9.0 | 0.9.1 | 0.9.2 | 0.9.3 | 0.9.4 | 0.9.5 | 0.9.6 | 0.9.7 | 0.9.8 | 0.9.9

2 vendors · 2 products

References

13 links
Show all 13 references