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CVE-2002-0402 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in X11 dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earli)

Buffer overflow in X11 dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code while Ethereal is parsing keysyms.

CVE IDCVE-2002-0402
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.5
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-06-18
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in X11 dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code while Ethereal is parsing keysyms.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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