{"id":"CVE-2003-0432","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2003-0432","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:14.785Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2003-07-24T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:02:12.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["ethereal group/ethereal"],"epss":{"score":0.02261,"percentile":0.82863,"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 (2.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-030.0.txt","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000662","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/9007","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-324","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory","URL Repurposed"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A106","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-030.0.txt","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000662","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/9007","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-324","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory","URL Repurposed"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A106","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0432","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."}