CVE-2005-3249 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or memory corruption in Ethereal via the WSP dissector, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-3249?
CVE-2005-3249 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published on 27 Oct 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the WSP dissector in Ethereal 0.10.1 to 0.10.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or corrupt memory via unknown vectors that cause Ethereal to free an invalid pointer.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3249?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ethereal Group Ethereal.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3249?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2005-3249 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3249 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ethereal Group Ethereal
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cmqx-v5fp-4q84.