CVE-2005-1466

Unknown vulnerability in the DICOM dissector in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allows remote attackers...

5.0 Medium

Unknown vulnerability in the DICOM dissector in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation) via unknown vectors.

Exploit likelihood

1.90%Up 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Unknown vulnerability in the DICOM dissector in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation) via unknown vectors.

Record: CVE-2005-1466
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

Unknown vulnerability in the DICOM dissector in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation) via unknown vectors.

Record: CVE-2005-1466
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2005-1469 No score

Unknown vulnerability in the DICOM dissector in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation) via unknown vectors.

Record: EUVD-2005-1469
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2222-hcqf-c429 No score

Unknown vulnerability in the DICOM dissector in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allows remote attackers...

Unknown vulnerability in the DICOM dissector in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation) via unknown vectors.

Record: GHSA-2222-hcqf-c429
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 15 CVEs	before 0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 15 CVEs	before 0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 15 CVEs	before 0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 15 CVEs	before 0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 15 CVEs	before 0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 15 CVEs	before 0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 15 CVEs	before 0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 15 CVEs	before 0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 15 CVEs	before 0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 15 CVEs	before 0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 15 CVEs	before 0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 15 CVEs	before 0:0.10.11-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.11-1.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-2005-1466 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published May 5, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.90%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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