The iSNS dissector for Ethereal 0.10.3 through 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process abort) via an integer overflow.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0633 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 36.54%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24259 | exploit_db | edb | 2004-08-05 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-03-13 | 37.28% | 36.54% | -0.74% |
| 2 | 2025-12-23 | 43.24% | 37.28% | -5.96% |
| 3 | 2025-12-10 | — | 43.24% | — |
Full EPSS history (16 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
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high | CVE-2004-0633: 1 GLSA(s) (200407-08), 1 atom(s) (net-analyzer/ethereal); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0633 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0633 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ethereal_group | ethereal | 0.10.3 | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ethereal_group | ethereal | 0.10.4 | cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gentoo | linux | — | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mandrakesoft | mandrake_linux | 9.2 | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mandrakesoft | mandrake_linux | 10.0 | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation_server:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux_advanced_workstation | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:as:*:*:*:*:* |