7.5

CVE-2005-0084: ethereal_group ethereal

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDSA-653-1
Published 29-01-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0084 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in ethereal_group ethereal. EPSS estimates a 6.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.5% 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
6.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2005:011

Timeline

  1. 29-01-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the X11 dissector in Ethereal 0.8.10 through 0.10.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.31% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
6.31%

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

Debian1 product
  • ethereal< 0.9.4-1woody11
Ethereal_group1 product
  • ethereal0.8 | 0.8.13 | 0.8.14 | 0.8.15 | 0.8.16 | 0.8.17a | 0.8.18 | 0.8.19 | 0.8.20 | 0.9 | 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 | 0.9.10 | 0.9.11 | 0.9.12 | 0.9.13 | 0.9.14 | 0.9.15 | 0.9.16 | 0.10 | 0.10.0 | 0.10.0a | 0.10.1 | 0.10.2 | 0.10.3 | 0.10.4 | 0.10.5 | 0.10.6 | 0.10.7 | 0.10.8

2 vendors · 2 products

References

11 links
Show all 11 references