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CVE-2002-0401

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Published: Jun 18, 2002Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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7.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Ethereal
1 product
Ethereal
Debian
1 product
Debian Linux
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ethereal
Up to 0.9.3
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Debian Linux
Version 2.2

Related CWEs

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (18)

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt (unsafe URL)
Source: cve@mitre.org
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Source: cve@mitre.org
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Mailing List
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
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Source: cve@mitre.org
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Source: cve@mitre.org
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Source: cve@mitre.org
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Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-037.0.txt (unsafe URL)
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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