VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2003-0432

Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier does not handle certain strings properly, with unknown consequences, in the (1) BGP, (2) WTP, (3) DNS, (4) 802.11, (5) ISAKMP, (6) WSP, (7) CLNP, (8) ISIS, and (9) RMI dissectors.

HIGH 10.0EPSS 2.26%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 2.26% probability · 83th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: ethereal group/ethereal
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.