CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0401

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The SMB dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via malformed packets that cause Ethereal to dereference a NULL pointer.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the service or execute malicious code, potentially leading to serious security implications.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Ethereal to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor network traffic for potential attacks.

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Original NVD description (English source)

SMB dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via malformed packets that cause Ethereal to dereference a NULL pointer.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS