CVE-2003-0429 describes a denial-of-service and potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the OSI dissector of Ethereal versions 0.9.12 and earlier. Remote attackers can trigger this by providing invalid IPv4 or IPv6 prefix lengths, which may lead to a buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing for network-based attacks with low complexity and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| 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:P/I:P/A:P
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