CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0821

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Ethereal versions 0.9.4 and earlier contain buffer overflow vulnerabilities that can be exploited by remote attackers to cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can remotely exploit these vulnerabilities, leading to serious threats to system availability and security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Ethereal to the latest version to mitigate these vulnerabilities.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.9.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via (1) the BGP dissector, or (2) the WCP dissector.

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