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CVE-2003-0081

Format string vulnerability in packet-socks.c of the SOCKS dissector for Ethereal 0.8.7 through 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via SOCKS packets containing format string specifiers.

Published: Mar 18, 2003 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (11)

Vendor Product Version
ethereal_group ethereal 0.8.18
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.0
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.1
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.2
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.3
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.4
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.5
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.6
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.7
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.8
ethereal_group ethereal 0.9.9

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-jg8q-x5wr-cvjx

Format string vulnerability in packet-socks.c of the SOCKS dissector for Ethereal 0.8.7 through 0...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 7.5 / 10
EPSS Score 5.82%

Top 8% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 31.7 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub