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CVE-2005-3184

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3184 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Service Location Protocol (srvloc) dissector within Ethereal, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a srvloc packet with a manipulated length value. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based exploitation, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, 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
<= 0.10.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0764 is in the 90th 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-0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-3184Moderate

security flaw

Oct 19, 2005

References

secunia.com / advisories/17254
secunia.com / advisories/17286
secunia.com / advisories/17327
secunia.com / advisories/17377
secunia.com / advisories/17392
secunia.com / advisories/17480
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10074
ethereal.com / appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.html
URL Repurposed
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-25.xml
idefense.com / application/poi/display
PatchVendor Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
osvdb.org / 20137
redhat.com / archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-809.html
securityfocus.com / bid/15148
securityfocus.com / bid/15158