CVE-2009-3242 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.8% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in packet.c in the GSM A RR dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors related to "an uninitialized dissector handle," which triggers an assertion failure.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.78% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-09-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Wireshark 1.2.1 - GSM A RR Dissector packet.c Remote Denial of Service | 2009-09-15 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36754
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36408
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3893
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5423
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36754
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36408
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3893
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5423
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