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CVE-2005-3184
Buffer overflow vulnerability in the unicode_to_bytes in the Service Location Protocol (srvloc) dissector (packet-srvloc.c) in Ethereal…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 7.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow vulnerability in the unicode_to_bytes in the Service Location Protocol (srvloc) dissector (packet-srvloc.c) in Ethereal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a srvloc packet with a modified length value.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.6% · top 5.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- RHSA-2005:809 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 17327 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200510-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 17392 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17480 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1015082 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20051020 Multiple Vendor Ethereal srvloc Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2005:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 17286 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10074 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- FLSA-2006:152922 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 17377 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15148 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20137 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 15158 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 17254 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-3183 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-3184)Record last updated .