CVE-2004-1140 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Ethereal versions 0.9.0 through 0.10.7, where a remote attacker can cause the application to hang and potentially exhaust disk space by sending an invalid RTP timestamp. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite its age, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting continued awareness or interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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