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CVE-2003-1013

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jan 05, 2004 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1013
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

The Q.931 dissector in Ethereal before 0.10.0, and Tethereal, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed Q.931, which triggers a null dereference.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
EtherealEthereal*0.10.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatethereal-0:0.10.0a-0.30E.1*
Red Hat Linux 9RedHat*

Potential Mitigations

References

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