CVE-2002-0834 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ISIS dissector of Ethereal version 0.9.5 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted, malformed packets. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, readily available exploit code, or inclusion in the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, primarily on GitHub.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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.