CVE-2004-1140

Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application...

5.0 Medium

Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) and possibly fill available disk space via an invalid RTP timestamp.

Exploit likelihood

2.50%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) and possibly fill available disk space via an invalid RTP timestamp.

Record: CVE-2004-1140
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) and possibly fill available disk space via an invalid RTP timestamp.

Record: CVE-2004-1140
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2004-1138 No score

Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) and possibly fill available disk space via an invalid RTP timestamp.

Record: EUVD-2004-1138
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6h3p-r37v-82ww No score

Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application...

Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) and possibly fill available disk space via an invalid RTP timestamp.

Record: GHSA-6h3p-r37v-82ww
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

ethereal group ethereal

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.9-1.EL3.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2004-1140 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published December 31, 2004. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.50%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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