CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-1013

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Q.931 dissector in Ethereal before version 0.10.0 and Tethereal allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a malformed Q.931 packet, leading to a null dereference.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the application, potentially causing service availability interruptions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Ethereal to version 0.10.0 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Q.931 dissector in Ethereal before 0.10.0, and Tethereal, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed Q.931, which triggers a null dereference.

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