CVE-2002-0402 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2002-0402

Buffer overflow in X11 dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

ethereal group

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Affected Software

ethereal
Vulnerable Versions:
0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9_.0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 2nd, 2003
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.