CVE-2005-3243: Multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors in the…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 33/100)
- Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 10.8% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 95.9% of all records.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: ethereal (Debian:3.1) 0.10.10-2sarge8; ethereal (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as) 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1; ethereal-debuginfo (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as) 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to ethereal (Debian:3.1) 0.10.10-2sarge8; ethereal (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as) 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1; ethereal-debuginfo (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as) 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1 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
Multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors in the (1) SLIMP3 and (2) AgentX dissector.
- Published
- Oct 27, 2005
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 10.8% · 95th percentile
- CWE
- —
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Action score
33
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 3 / 30 · 10.8%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ethereal group | ethereal | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ethereal group ethereal0.10.0
- ethereal group ethereal0.10.1
- ethereal group ethereal0.10.10
- ethereal group ethereal0.10.11
- ethereal group ethereal0.10.12
- ethereal group ethereal0.10.2
- ethereal group ethereal0.10.3
- ethereal group ethereal0.10.4
+12 more rows
- ethereal group ethereal0.10.5
- ethereal group ethereal0.10.6
- ethereal group ethereal0.10.7
- ethereal group ethereal0.10.8
- ethereal group ethereal0.10.9
- ethereal group ethereal0.9.1
- ethereal group ethereal0.9.10
- ethereal group ethereal0.9.11
- ethereal group ethereal0.9.12
- ethereal group ethereal0.9.13
- ethereal group ethereal0.9.14
- ethereal group ethereal0.9.15
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:3.1 | ethereal | before 0.10.10-2sarge8 | 0.10.10-2sarge8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | ethereal | before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1 | 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | ethereal-debuginfo | before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1 | 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | ethereal-gnome | before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1 | 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1 |
Same product
ethereal group: all recordsOther 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-2004-0507Buffer 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…42Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2005-3241Oct 27, 2005 · Multiple vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via…21Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2005-3242Oct 27, 2005 · Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors in (1) the IrDA dissector and…21Monitor
- Later →CVE-2005-3244Oct 27, 2005 · The BER dissector in Ethereal 0.10.3 to 0.10.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors.21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:ethereal | 0.10.10-2sarge8 · Debian:3.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:ethereal | 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:ethereal-debuginfo | 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:ethereal-gnome | 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
Proof of concept available
A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.
Evidence
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | dos | 2005-10-20 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- First PoC-7 d
- Published
- TodayNov 15, 2026+7689 d
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
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- secunia.com/advisories/17286
- secunia.com/advisories/17327
- secunia.com/advisories/17377
- secunia.com/advisories/17392
- secunia.com/advisories/17480
- secunia.com/advisories/21813
- securitytracker.com/id?1015082
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1171
- www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.html
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-25.xml
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
- www.osvdb.org/20126
- www.osvdb.org/20135
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-809.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15148
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9836
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.