CVE-2003-0428 describes an unknown vulnerability in the DCERPC dissector of Ethereal versions 0.9.12 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by causing excessive memory consumption through a specially crafted NDR string. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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