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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-3242 · published 18 September 2009

CVE-2009-3242: Wireshark vulnerability

Wireshark · Wireshark

Unspecified vulnerability in packet.c in the GSM A RR dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors related to "an uninitialized dissector handle," which triggers an assertion failure.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 7.8% · top 5.6%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
7.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in packet.c in the GSM A RR dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors related to "an uninitialized dissector handle," which triggers an assertion failure.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/36754 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36408 Exploit
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3893
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5423
http://secunia.com/advisories/36754 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36408 Exploit
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3893
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5423

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-3242), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.