Vulnerability in Wireshark

CVE-2009-3242

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.

EPSS: 0.078 (94.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wireshark — versions 1.2.0, 1.2.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

References