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CVE-2004-0507: Buffer overflow in the MMSE dissector for Ethereal 0.10.1 to 0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly…

CriticalCVSS 10.0 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 42/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 7.6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 94.6% of all records.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: ethereal (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as) 0:0.10.3-0.30E.2; ethereal-debuginfo (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as) 0:0.10.3-0.30E.2; ethereal-gnome (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as) 0:0.10.3-0.30E.2.

Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to ethereal (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as) 0:0.10.3-0.30E.2; ethereal-debuginfo (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as) 0:0.10.3-0.30E.2; ethereal-gnome (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as) 0:0.10.3-0.30E.2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Buffer overflow in the MMSE dissector for Ethereal 0.10.1 to 0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Published
Aug 18, 2004
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
7.6% · 94th percentile
CWE
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Action score

42

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
2 / 30 · 7.6%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
ethereal groupethereal
sgipropack

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ethereal group ethereal0.10.1
  • ethereal group ethereal0.10.2
  • ethereal group ethereal0.10.3
  • sgi propack2.4
  • sgi propack3.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asetherealbefore 0:0.10.3-0.30E.20:0.10.3-0.30E.2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asethereal-debuginfobefore 0:0.10.3-0.30E.20:0.10.3-0.30E.2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asethereal-gnomebefore 0:0.10.3-0.30E.20:0.10.3-0.30E.2

Same product

ethereal group: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2006-3632Buffer overflow in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.8.16 to 0.99.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute…
    42Plan
  • CVE-2005-3184Buffer overflow vulnerability in the unicode_to_bytes in the Service Location Protocol (srvloc) dissector (packet-srvloc.c) in Ethereal…
    42Plan
  • CVE-2006-1932Off-by-one error in the OID printing routine in Ethereal 0.10.x up to 0.10.14 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.
    41Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2004-0505Aug 18, 2004 · The AIM dissector in Ethereal 0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assert error) via unknown attack vectors.
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2004-0506Aug 18, 2004 · The SPNEGO dissector in Ethereal 0.9.8 to 0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown attack vectors…
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2004-0633Dec 6, 2004 · The iSNS dissector for Ethereal 0.10.3 through 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process abort) via an integer…
    25Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
red hat:ethereal0:0.10.3-0.30E.2 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:ethereal-debuginfo0:0.10.3-0.30E.2 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:ethereal-gnome0:0.10.3-0.30E.2 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
C · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
C
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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