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high 7.5

CVE-2005-1461 json

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) SIP, (2) CMIP, (3) CMP, (4) CMS, (5) CRMF, (6) ESS, (7) OCSP, (8) X.509, (9) ISIS, (10) DISTCC, (11) F…

published 2005-05-05 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1464

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.1%
EPSS 7.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) SIP, (2) CMIP, (3) CMP, (4) CMS, (5) CRMF, (6) ESS, (7) OCSP, (8) X.509, (9) ISIS, (10) DISTCC, (11) FCELS, (12) Q.931, (13) NCP, (14) TCAP, (15) ISUP, (16) MEGACO, (17) PKIX1Explitit, (18) PKIX_Qualified, (19) Presentation dissectors in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

  • ethereal RHEL 3 0.10.11-1.EL3.1
  • ethereal-gnome RHEL 3 0.10.11-1.EL3.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:427

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-2005-1461 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ethereal 0.10.11-1.EL3.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.11-1.EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ethereal 0.10.11-1.EL3.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.11-1.EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ethereal 0.10.11-1.EL3.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.11-1.EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ethereal 0.10.11-1.EL3.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.11-1.EL3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:427

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-1021)

Exploit prediction

7.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1021 Ethereal 0.10.10 - 'SIP' Protocol Dissector Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2005-05-31

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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