CVE-2002-0401

HIGH

Ethereal < 0.9.3 - Remote Code Execution via SMB Dissector NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

SMB dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via malformed packets that cause Ethereal to dereference a NULL pointer.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_conectiva
http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000505
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-088.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-130
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102268626526119&w=2
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9204.php
Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00004.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4806
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-036.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_caldera
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0551
EPSS Percentile 91.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 2.2
ethereal/ethereal < 0.9.3
Published Jun 18, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026