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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-3184 · published 20 October 2005

CVE-2005-3184: Ethereal group ethereal vulnerability

Ethereal Group · Ethereal

Buffer overflow vulnerability in the unicode_to_bytes in the Service Location Protocol (srvloc) dissector (packet-srvloc.c) in Ethereal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a srvloc packet with a modified length value.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 7.6% · top 5.6%
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
7.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
34References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow vulnerability in the unicode_to_bytes in the Service Location Protocol (srvloc) dissector (packet-srvloc.c) in Ethereal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a srvloc packet with a modified length value.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/17254
http://secunia.com/advisories/17286
http://secunia.com/advisories/17327
http://secunia.com/advisories/17377
http://secunia.com/advisories/17392
http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015082
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.html URL Repurposed
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-25.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=323&type=vulnerabilities PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20137
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-809.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15148
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15158
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10074
http://secunia.com/advisories/17254
http://secunia.com/advisories/17286
http://secunia.com/advisories/17327
http://secunia.com/advisories/17377
http://secunia.com/advisories/17392
http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015082
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.html URL Repurposed
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-25.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=323&type=vulnerabilities PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20137
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00003.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-809.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15148
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15158
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10074

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-3184), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.