security flaw
Published May 3, 2002
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.73%
Description
The ASN.1 parser in Ethereal 0.9.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a certain malformed packet, which causes Ethereal to allocate memory incorrectly, possibly due to zero-length fields.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
No data.
Red Hat Linux 7.2
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2002:088
Red Hat Linux 7.3
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2002:088
Red Hat Powertools 6.2
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2002:036
Red Hat Powertools 7.0
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2002:036
Red Hat Powertools 7.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2002:036
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Linux 7.2 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2002:088 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.3 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2002:088 |
| Red Hat Powertools 6.2 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2002:036 |
| Red Hat Powertools 7.0 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2002:036 |
| Red Hat Powertools 7.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2002:036 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.73% (0.02734) | 85.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.73% (0.02734) | 84.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.48% (0.01476) | 79.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.65% (0.00648) | 80.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.65% (0.00648) | 78.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.65% (0.00648) | 76.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000474 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00003.html x_refsource_CONFIRMURL Repurposed
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8952.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4604 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0353 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616761 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0353
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0353
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000474 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00003.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMURL Repurposed | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8952.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4604 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0353 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616761 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0353 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0353 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.