CVE-2009-1210

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-04-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in the PROFINET/DCP (PN-DCP) dissector in Wireshark 1.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PN-DCP packet with format string specifiers in the station name. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: through 1.0.5; 0.6, 0.7.9, 0.8.16, 0.8.19, 0.9.5, 0.9.7 (+35)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34542
http://secunia.com/advisories/34778
http://secunia.com/advisories/34970
http://secunia.com/advisories/35133
http://secunia.com/advisories/35224
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416
http://secunia.com/advisories/35464
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0062
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1785
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:088
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1100.html

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