CVE-2009-3242

Wireshark: DoS (crash) in GSM A RR dissector

Published Sep 18, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 7.8% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3225 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.
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 6:22 AM
Reserved
Sep 18, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 18, 2009, 10:30 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:11 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Aug 13, 2009, 12:00 AM