CVE-2005-1470

Ethereal - Denial of Service in TZSP MGCP ISUP SMB or Bittorrent Dissectors

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-1470. PoCs published by Nicob.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Ethereal's SMB dissector (CVE-2005-1470) by sending a malformed SMB packet over UDP port 138. The payload triggers a segmentation fault in versions 0.9.0 to 0.10.10 due to improper handling in the dissect_ipc_state() function.

Description

Multiple unknown vulnerabilities in the (1) TZSP, (2) MGCP, (3) ISUP, (4) SMB, or (5) Bittorrent dissectors in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via unknown vectors.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Nicob · cdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/984

This exploit targets a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Ethereal's SMB dissector (CVE-2005-1470) by sending a malformed SMB packet over UDP port 138. The payload triggers a segmentation fault in versions 0.9.0 to 0.10.10 due to improper handling in the dissect_ipc_state() function.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Ethereal <= 0.10.10
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to target · UDP port 138 reachable
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-427.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_conectiva
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000963
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13504
Patch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed x_refsource_confirm
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00019.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed x_refsource_confirm
http://www.ethereal.com/news/item_20050504_01.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11804

Scores

EPSS 0.0504
EPSS Percentile 91.2%

Details

Status published
Products (34)
ethereal_group/ethereal 0.8
ethereal_group/ethereal 0.8.13
ethereal_group/ethereal 0.8.14
ethereal_group/ethereal 0.8.15
ethereal_group/ethereal 0.8.18
ethereal_group/ethereal 0.8.19
ethereal_group/ethereal 0.9
ethereal_group/ethereal 0.9.1
ethereal_group/ethereal 0.9.2
ethereal_group/ethereal 0.9.3
... and 24 more
Published May 05, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026