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CVE-2002-0821 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.9.4 and earlier allow remote)

Buffer overflows in Ethereal 0.9.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via (1) the BGP dissector, or (2) the WCP dissector.

CVE IDCVE-2002-0821
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.5
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-08-12
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflows in Ethereal 0.9.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via (1) the BGP dissector, or (2) the WCP dissector.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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