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CVE-2009-3242
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 7.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.8% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 36408 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3893 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36754 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 37409 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5423 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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