CVE-2002-0821 describes buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.9.4 and earlier, specifically within its BGP and WCP dissectors. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or execute arbitrary code on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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