CVE-2009-3241 json
Unspecified vulnerability in the OpcUa (OPC UA) dissector in Wireshark 0.99.6 through 1.0.8 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.1 allows remote attackers…
published 2009-09-18 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3224
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 9.7%
- EPSS 9.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the OpcUa (OPC UA) dissector in Wireshark 0.99.6 through 1.0.8 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via malformed OPCUA Service CallRequest packets.
Patch / fix
- wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.2-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3241
- wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2.2-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2009-3241 updated cvss 2.1
Wireshark: DoS (excessive CPU use) in OPCUA dissector
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-33222)
- Published
Exploit prediction
9.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-33222 Wireshark 1.2.1 - OpcUa Dissector Resource Exhaustion (Denial of Service) dos, 2009-09-15
- securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36408 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
References
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wireshark.org
/security/wnpa-sec-2009-05.html
patch, vendor-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/36408
vdb-entry, exploit
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
vendor-advisory
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debian.org
/security/2009/dsa-1942
vendor-advisory
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wireshark.org
/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.html
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/36754
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/37477
third-party-advisory
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oval.cisecurity.org
/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6162
vdb-entry, signature
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secunia.com
/advisories/37409
third-party-advisory
- wireshark.org /docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html
- bugs.wireshark.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3986
- wireshark.org /docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.9.html
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2009-3241
- NVD CVE-2009-3241
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