CVE-2009-0600

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-02-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Wireshark 0.99.6 through 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Tektronix K12 text capture file, as demonstrated by a file with exactly one frame.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.99.6, 0.99.6a, 0.99.7, 0.99.8, 1.0, 1.0.0 (+5)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33872
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
http://secunia.com/advisories/34264
http://secunia.com/advisories/34344
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370

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