{"id":"CVE-2009-3550","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-3550","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:53:39.981Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2009-10-30T20:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:11:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["wireshark/wireshark"],"epss":{"score":0.02493,"percentile":0.84547,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.49%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37175","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37409","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37477","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36846","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3061","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.10.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.3.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-08.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54017","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10103","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6005","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37175","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37409","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37477","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36846","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3061","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.10.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.3.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-08.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54017","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10103","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6005","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3550","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}