CVE-2009-4376

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-12-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the daintree_sna_read function in the Daintree SNA file parser in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4

References

http://osvdb.org/61177
http://secunia.com/advisories/37842
http://secunia.com/advisories/37916
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37407
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023374
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3596
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-09.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=4022
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4294
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16435
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01248.html
http://osvdb.org/61177

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