CVE-2009-3549 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedOct 30
Latest updateJul 31

Description

packet-paltalk.c in the Paltalk dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.2, on SPARC and certain other platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file that records a malformed packet trace.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.2.3-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.2.3-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark1.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.1+2

Patches

Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: www.vupen.com ↗Patch: www.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-v6mq-p8pv-vq8r: packet-paltalk↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-3549: packet-paltalk↗2009-10-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
Wireshark: Invalid pointer dereference in the Paltalk dissector↗2009-10-27
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Debian
CVE-2009-3549: wireshark - packet-paltalk.c in the Paltalk dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.2, on S...↗2009
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
Automated Software Vulnerability Static Code Analysis Using Generative Pre-Trained Transformer Models↗2024-07-31
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-3549 Wireshark: Invalid pointer dereference in the Paltalk dissector↗2009-10-27
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