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CVE-2009-3242 json

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 s…

published 2009-09-18 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3225

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.8%
EPSS 7.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3242

  • 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-2009-3242 updated cvss 2.1

Wireshark: DoS (crash) in GSM A RR dissector

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not 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

  1. First public exploit (EDB-33224)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-33224 Wireshark 1.2.1 - GSM A RR Dissector packet.c Remote 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 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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