CVE-2002-0401 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2002-0401?

CVE-2002-0401 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 2 Apr 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SMB dissector in Ethereal 0.9.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via malformed packets that cause Ethereal to dereference a NULL pointer.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0401?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Ethereal Ethereal.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0401?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0401 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-0401 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0401 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9mw9-fqx9-v6vp.