6.4

CVE-2005-3249: ethereal_group ethereal

CVSS: 6.4v2.0MediumModified
Published 27-10-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-3249 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability in ethereal_group ethereal. EPSS estimates a 2.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.69%
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 2
DSA-1171RHSA-2005:809

Timeline

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

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the WSP dissector in Ethereal 0.10.1 to 0.10.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or corrupt memory via unknown vectors that cause Ethereal to free an invalid pointer.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.69%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.69% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.69%

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
  • ethereal0.10.1 | 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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