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CVE-2005-1462

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1462 describes a double free vulnerability in the ICEP dissector of Ethereal versions prior to 0.10.11, potentially allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been identified, the vulnerability is categorized under CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer). This CVE is not listed in the KEV catalog and is currently inactive on the Hot List.

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

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0320 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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 (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-2005-1462Moderate

security flaw

May 4, 2005

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9713
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