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CVE-2005-3243

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3243 describes multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal versions 0.10.12 and earlier, specifically within the SLIMP3 and AgentX dissectors. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity risk where an unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code with low attack complexity. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, a proof-of-concept exploit for the SLIMP3 buffer overflow exists on ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1266 · Oct 20, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1083 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ethereal-0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-3243Moderate

security flaw

Oct 19, 2005

References

secunia.com / advisories/17254
secunia.com / advisories/17286
secunia.com / advisories/17327
secunia.com / advisories/17377
secunia.com / advisories/17392
secunia.com / advisories/17480
secunia.com / advisories/21813
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9836
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1171
ethereal.com / appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.html
PatchURL Repurposed
frsirt.com / exploits/20051020.ethereal_slimp3_bof.py.php
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-25.xml
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
osvdb.org / 20126
osvdb.org / 20135
redhat.com / archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-809.html
securityfocus.com / bid/15148