CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0402

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in the X11 dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code while Ethereal is parsing keysyms.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the service or execute malicious code, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Ethereal to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor the system for unauthorized activities.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in X11 dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code while Ethereal is parsing keysyms.

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