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CVE-2009-2561

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-07-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the sFlow dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.2.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/35884
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35748
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1970
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5795
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35884
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35748
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1970
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5795

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