CVE-2004-1141 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the HTTP dissector of Ethereal versions 0.10.1 through 0.10.7. A remote attacker can trigger an application crash by sending a specially crafted packet that causes the dissector to access previously freed memory. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness despite its age.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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