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CVE-2005-3651

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3651 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the OSPF protocol dissector of Ethereal, specifically version 0.10.12 and potentially others. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted packets to a system running the affected Ethereal software. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0620 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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-0:0.10.14-1.EL3.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-3651Moderate

security flaw

Dec 9, 2005

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01-U
anonsvn.ethereal.com / viewcvs/viewcvs.py/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ospf.c
URL Repurposed
lists.suse.de / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0008.html
secunia.com / advisories/17973
secunia.com / advisories/18012
secunia.com / advisories/18062
secunia.com / advisories/18331
secunia.com / advisories/18426
secunia.com / advisories/18911
secunia.com / advisories/19012
secunia.com / advisories/19230
securityreason.com / securityalert/247
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11286
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-920
ethereal.com / appnotes/enpa-sa-00022.html
URL Repurposed
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-06.xml
idefense.com / application/poi/display
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0156.html
securityfocus.com / bid/15794
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2830