7.5

CVE-2005-3243: ethereal_group ethereal

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 27-10-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-3243 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in ethereal_group ethereal. EPSS estimates a 10.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
10.83%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1171RHSA-2005:809

Timeline

  1. 27-10-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors in the (1) SLIMP3 and (2) AgentX dissector.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

10.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 10.83% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
10.83%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databasedoswindowsVerified

    Ethereal 0.9.1 < 0.10.12 SLIMP3 - Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC)

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ethereal_group1 product
  • ethereal0.9.1 | 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 | 0.10.1 | 0.10.2 | 0.10.3 | 0.10.4 | 0.10.5 | 0.10.6 | 0.10.7 | 0.10.8 | 0.10.9 | 0.10.10 | 0.10.11 | 0.10.12

1 vendor · 1 product

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