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CVE-2004-0507

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0507 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the MMSE dissector of Ethereal versions 0.10.1 through 0.10.3, impacting various Ethereal and ProPack products. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code with low attack complexity. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0764 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ethereal-0:0.10.3-0.30E.2
View patch
gentoovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0507Moderate

security flaw

May 13, 2004

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20040604-01-U.asc
patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20040605-01-U.asc
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2004-234.html
secunia.com / advisories/11608
secunia.com / advisories/11776
secunia.com / advisories/11836
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200406-01.xml
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16152
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11026
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A988
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/o-150.shtml
ethereal.com / appnotes/enpa-sa-00014.html
Vendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed
osvdb.org / 6134
securityfocus.com / bid/10347