CVE-2005-3249

Unspecified vulnerability in the WSP dissector in Ethereal 0.10.1 to 0.10.12 allows remote...

6.4 Medium

Unspecified vulnerability in the WSP dissector in Ethereal 0.10.1 to 0.10.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or corrupt memory via unknown vectors that cause Ethereal to free an invalid pointer.

Exploit likelihood

2.69%Down 1.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.4

Record: CVE-2005-3249
CVSS 2.0: 6.4 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2005-3249
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2005-3248 No score

Record: EUVD-2005-3248
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cmqx-v5fp-4q84 No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the WSP dissector in Ethereal 0.10.1 to 0.10.12 allows remote...

Record: GHSA-cmqx-v5fp-4q84
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-2005-3249 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) 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 2.69%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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