CVE-2009-3550

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-10-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The DCERPC/NT dissector in Wireshark 0.10.10 through 1.0.9 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a file that records a malformed packet trace. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.10.2, 0.10.3, 0.10.4, 0.10.5, 0.10.6, 0.10.7 (+22)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/37175
http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
http://secunia.com/advisories/37477
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36846
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3061
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.10.html
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.3.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-08.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54017
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10103

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