CVE-2009-1268

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-04-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Check Point High-Availability Protocol (CPHAP) dissector in Wireshark 0.9.6 through 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted FWHA_MY_STATE packet.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.9.6, 0.9.7, 0.9.8, 0.99, 0.99.0, 0.99.1 (+16)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
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://secunia.com/advisories/37477
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0062
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1785
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:088

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