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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2004-0507 json

Buffer overflow in the MMSE dissector for Ethereal 0.10.1 to 0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execu…

published 2004-06-03 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0506

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.6%
EPSS 7.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the MMSE dissector for Ethereal 0.10.1 to 0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

  • ethereal RHEL 3 0.10.3-0.30E.2
  • ethereal-gnome RHEL 3 0.10.3-0.30E.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:234

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0507 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ethereal 0.10.3-0.30E.2, ethereal-gnome 0.10.3-0.30E.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ethereal 0.10.3-0.30E.2, ethereal-gnome 0.10.3-0.30E.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ethereal 0.10.3-0.30E.2, ethereal-gnome 0.10.3-0.30E.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ethereal 0.10.3-0.30E.2, ethereal-gnome 0.10.3-0.30E.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:234

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Exploit prediction

7.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.