CVE-2003-0356

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: June 09, 2003 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Multiple off-by-one vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.9.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) AIM, (2) GIOP Gryphon, (3) OSPF, (4) PPTP, (5) Quake, (6) Quake2, (7) Quake3, (8) Rsync, (9) SMB, (10) SMPP, and (11) TSP dissectors, which do not properly use the tvb_get_nstringz and tvb_get_nstringz0 functions.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-313
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641013
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-313
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641013
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:067
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
28.4%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

ethereal