CVE-2009-3550 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Wireshark

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference6 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedOct 30
Latest updateMay 2

Description

The DCERPC/NT dissector in Wireshark 0.10.10 through 1.0.9 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a file that records a malformed packet trace. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.2.3-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.2.3-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark28 versions+27

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2wg5-9p7r-x96x: The DCERPC/NT dissector in Wireshark 0↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-3550: The DCERPC/NT dissector in Wireshark 0↗2009-10-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
Wireshark: NULL pointer dereference in the DCERPC over SMB packet disassembly↗2009-10-27
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Debian
CVE-2009-3550: wireshark - The DCERPC/NT dissector in Wireshark 0.10.10 through 1.0.9 and 1.2.0 through 1.2...↗2009
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-3550 Wireshark: NULL pointer dereference in the DCERPC over SMB packet disassembly↗2009-10-27
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