CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0704

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in the Etheric dissector in Ethereal 0.10.7 through 0.10.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential remote code execution by an attacker, which could lead to system compromise or disruption of network services.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade Ethereal to a version later than 0.10.9, where this vulnerability is fixed.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in the Etheric dissector in Ethereal 0.10.7 through 0.10.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

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