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CVE-2005-1458

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1458 describes multiple unspecified "other problems" within the KINK dissector of Ethereal versions prior to 0.10.11. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with potential for partial denial of service (A:P) via a network attack (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication required (Au:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0163 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ethereal-0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-1458Moderate

security flaw

May 4, 2005

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11348
ethereal.com / appnotes/enpa-sa-00019.html
PatchVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed
ethereal.com / news/item_20050504_01.html
PatchVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed
redhat.com / archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-427.html
securityfocus.com / bid/13504