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CVE-2004-1761 json

Unknown vulnerability in Ethereal 0.8.13 to 0.10.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a malformed color…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1755

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unknown vulnerability in Ethereal 0.8.13 to 0.10.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a malformed color filter file.

Patch / fix

  • ethereal RHEL 3 0.10.3-0.30E.1
  • ethereal-gnome RHEL 3 0.10.3-0.30E.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:136

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-2004-1761 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ethereal 0.10.3-0.30E.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.3-0.30E.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ethereal 0.10.3-0.30E.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.3-0.30E.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ethereal 0.10.3-0.30E.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.3-0.30E.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ethereal 0.10.3-0.30E.1, ethereal-gnome 0.10.3-0.30E.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:136
  • Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:137

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Exploit prediction

2.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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