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CVE-2005-2362

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2362 describes an unknown vulnerability in Ethereal versions 0.9.0 through 0.10.11, where remote attackers can trigger a denial of service by causing an application crash through the reassembly of specific packets. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a potential impact of application unavailability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, readily available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
1.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0193 is in the 66th 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-0:0.10.12-1.EL3.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2362Low

security flaw

Jul 27, 2005

References

secunia.com / advisories/16225
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10059
ethereal.com / appnotes/enpa-sa-00020.html
PatchURL Repurposed
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-27.xml
Patch
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-687.html
securityfocus.com / bid/14399