Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2009-3829
Integer overflow in wiretap/erf.c in Wireshark before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted erf file, related to an "unsigned integer wrap vulnerability."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.061 (93.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.061 · newest: 0.061 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 0.6, 0.7.9, 0.8.16
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5979 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/37477 (third-party-advisory)
- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/erf.c (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/37409 (third-party-advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9945 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942 (vendor-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/676492 (US Government Resource, Patch, third-party-advisory)