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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-3243 · published 27 October 2005

CVE-2005-3243: Ethereal group ethereal vulnerability

Ethereal Group · Ethereal

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.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 11% · top 4.3%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
38References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

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://secunia.com/advisories/21813
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015082
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1171
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.html PatchURL Repurposed
http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20051020.ethereal_slimp3_bof.py.php
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-25.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20126
http://www.osvdb.org/20135
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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9836
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://secunia.com/advisories/21813
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015082
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1171
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.html PatchURL Repurposed
http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20051020.ethereal_slimp3_bof.py.php
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-25.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20126
http://www.osvdb.org/20135
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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9836

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-3243), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.