CVE-2009-0601

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in Wireshark 0.99.8 through 1.0.5 on non-Windows platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in the HOME environment variable.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.99.8, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4 (+1)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34264
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040
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
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34264

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