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CVE-2005-3243
Multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors in…
High7.5EPSS 10.8%
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- redhat
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors in the (1) SLIMP3 and (2) AgentX dissector.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 10 days later
· 10 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.8% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- 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
- 20126 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9836 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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
- 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
- 20135 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- DSA-1171 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 21813 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20051020.ethereal_slimp3_bof.py.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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
- 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)
- 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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