Off-by-one error in the dissect_negprot_response function in packet-smb.c in the SMB dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.2 allows…

Description

Off-by-one error in the dissect_negprot_response function in packet-smb.c in the SMB dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file that records a malformed packet trace. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 36846 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6049 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2009-3061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.3.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• wireshark-negprotresponse-dos(54018) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 37409 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 37175 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-3551](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-3551.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-3551)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 06:31 UTC.