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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 7.78%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.78%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
7.78% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
wireshark/wireshark
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.