CVE-2005-3242

Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via...

5.0 Medium

Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors in (1) the IrDA dissector and (2) the SMB dissector when SMB transaction payload reassembly is enabled.

Exploit likelihood

2.70%Down 1.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Record: CVE-2005-3242
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

Record: CVE-2005-3242
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2005-3241 No score

Record: EUVD-2005-3241
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vr2x-8cg9-mgf9 No score

Ethereal 0.10.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via...

Record: GHSA-vr2x-8cg9-mgf9
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

ethereal group ethereal

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`ethereal` Debian:3.1 From an advisory covering 8 CVEs	before 0.10.10-2sarge8, plus listed versions 0.10.10-2sarge20.10.10-2sarge30.10.10-2sarge40.10.10-2sarge50.10.10-2sarge6	0.10.10-2sarge8
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
`ethereal` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1
`ethereal-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 0:0.10.13-1.EL3.1	0:0.10.13-1.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-2005-3242 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published October 27, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.70%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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