CVE-2003-0431 in Ethereal

Summary

The tvb_get_nstringz0 function in Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier does not properly handle a zero-length buffer size, with unknown consequences.

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• Reservation: 06/13/2003
• Disclosure: 07/24/2003
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-20613
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 10.0
• EPSS: 0.00553
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0431
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0431
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2003-0431/