CVE-2005-1281

Exp

Ethereal 0.10.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted RSVP packet of length 4.

Published: 2005-04-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1281 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.00%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.22% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1281

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1281

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 2026-06-15 0.79% 2.00% +1.22%
2 2025-03-17 0.24% 0.79% +0.55%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.24% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1281

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1281

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1281

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1281 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (ethereal, wireshark), 8 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 3, released 3, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1281

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1281

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ethereal_group ethereal 0.8 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.8.13 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.8.14 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.8.15 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.8.18 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.8.19 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.7 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.8 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.9 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.10 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.11 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.12 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.13 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.14 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.15 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.16 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.10 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.10.6 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.10.8 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.10.9 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ethereal_group ethereal 0.10.10 cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1281

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