HIGH
security flaw
Published Oct 27, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.83%
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors in the (1) SLIMP3 and (2) AgentX dissector.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9.4
- 0.9.5
- 0.9.6
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.8
- 0.9.9
- 0.9.10
- 0.9.11
- 0.9.12
- 0.9.13
- 0.9.14
- 0.9.15
- 0.9.16
- 0.10.0
- 0.10.1
- 0.10.2
- 0.10.3
- 0.10.4
- 0.10.5
- 0.10.6
- 0.10.7
- 0.10.8
- 0.10.9
- 0.10.10
- 0.10.11
- 0.10.12
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
ethereal-0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:809
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | ethereal-0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:809 |
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
10.83% 0.10826
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.10826
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 10.83% (0.10826) | 95.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.83% (0.10826) | 95.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 20.24% (0.20239) | 95.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 19.11% (0.19110) | 92.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 20.24% (0.20239) | 94.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 21.57% (0.21568) | 95.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 12.00% (0.12003) | 95.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 16, 2024 | 12.46% (0.12460) | 95.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 10.77% (0.10769) | 94.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 47.94% (0.47944) | 98.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 47.94% (0.47944) | 98.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (23)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17254 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17286 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17327 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17377 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17392 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17480 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21813 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015082 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1171 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchURL Repurposed
- http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20051020.ethereal_slimp3_bof.py.php x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-25.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.osvdb.org/20126 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.osvdb.org/20135 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-809.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15148 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3243 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617801 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3243
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9836 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3243
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Oct 27, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 17, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3243
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a