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CVE-2003-0927
Heap-based buffer overflow in Ethereal 0.9.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly…
High7.5EPSS 5.6%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Ethereal 0.9.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the SOCKS dissector.
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)
- 5.6% · top 7.0% of all CVEs (4 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 (11)
- RHSA-2003:323 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- CLA-2003:780 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00011.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:114 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 8951 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ethereal-socks-heap-overflow(13578) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 10531 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-407 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- TLSA-2003-64 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9691 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:324 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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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