CVE-2005-0704

Buffer overflow in the Etheric dissector in Ethereal 0.10.7 through 0.10.9 allows remote...

7.5 High

Buffer overflow in the Etheric dissector in Ethereal 0.10.7 through 0.10.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Exploit likelihood

3.70%Down 1.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Buffer overflow in the Etheric dissector in Ethereal 0.10.7 through 0.10.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Record: CVE-2005-0704
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Buffer overflow in the Etheric dissector in Ethereal 0.10.7 through 0.10.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Record: CVE-2005-0704
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2005-0705 No score

Buffer overflow in the Etheric dissector in Ethereal 0.10.7 through 0.10.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Record: EUVD-2005-0705
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5jc5-f93w-hfp4 No score

Buffer overflow in the Etheric dissector in Ethereal 0.10.7 through 0.10.9 allows remote...

Buffer overflow in the Etheric dissector in Ethereal 0.10.7 through 0.10.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Record: GHSA-5jc5-f93w-hfp4
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 6 CVEs	before 0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 0:0.10.10-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.10-1.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-2005-0704 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published March 17, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.70%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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