CVE-2005-2367: Ethereal Group Ethereal

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 6.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in the proto_item_set_text function in Ethereal 0.9.4 through 0.10.11, as used in multiple dissectors, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary memory locations and gain privileges via a crafted AFP packet.

Affected products

• Ethereal Group Ethereal: version 0.9.4 only; version 0.9.5 only; version 0.9.6 only; version 0.9.7 only; version 0.9.8 only; version 0.9.9 only; …

Published 2005-08-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.