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CVE-2003-0429

CVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Summary

The OSI dissector in Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via invalid IPv4 or IPv6 prefix lengths, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

CVSS 2.0 breakdown

Base score7.5 (HIGH)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Attack vectorNETWORK
Attack complexityLOW
ConfidentialityPARTIAL
IntegrityPARTIAL
AvailabilityPARTIAL

Affected products

Ethereal_group ethereal
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References

Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

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