{"id":"CVE-2002-0401","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-0401","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:03.098Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2002-06-18T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:57:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["ethereal/ethereal","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.05508,"percentile":0.92741,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html","tags":["Broken Link","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9204.php","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.html","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4806","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html","tags":["Broken Link","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9204.php","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.html","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4806","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0401","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}