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CVE-2005-2363

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2363 describes an unknown vulnerability in multiple dissectors (SMPP, 802.3, DHCP, MEGACO, H1) within Ethereal versions 0.8.15 through 0.10.11. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (infinite loop) through unspecified attack vectors. The 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. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.8.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0359 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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-2005-2363Low

security flaw

Jul 27, 2005

References

secunia.com / advisories/16225
secunia.com / advisories/17102
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11271
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-853
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_18_sr.html
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