CVE-2009-2563

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% 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 Infiniband dissector in Wireshark 1.0.6 through 1.2.0, when running on unspecified platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.2.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35884
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:194
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:031
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/15
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/18/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35748
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1970
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.9.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-05.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11210
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6321

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