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CVE-2005-3184: ethereal_group ethereal

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
Published 20-10-2005Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-3184 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in ethereal_group ethereal. EPSS estimates a 7.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.64%
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

Timeline

  1. 20-10-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow vulnerability in the unicode_to_bytes in the Service Location Protocol (srvloc) dissector (packet-srvloc.c) in Ethereal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a srvloc packet with a modified length value.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

7.64%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 7.64% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
7.64%

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

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