VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2002-0401
SMB dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via malformed packets that cause Ethereal to dereference a NULL pointer.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 5.51%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
SMB dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via malformed packets that cause Ethereal to dereference a NULL pointer.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.51% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- ethereal/ethereal · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txtBroken Link
- http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505Broken Link
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2Mailing List
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9204.phpBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4806Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txtBroken Link
- http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505Broken Link
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2Mailing List
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9204.phpBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4806Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.