CVE-2009-3549

Wireshark: Invalid pointer dereference in the Paltalk dissector

Published Oct 30, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
packet-paltalk.c in the Paltalk dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.2, on SPARC and certain other platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file that records a malformed packet trace.

Remediation

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3531 packet-paltalk.c in the Paltalk dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.2, on SPARC and certain other platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file that records a malformed packet trace.
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 6:31 AM
Reserved
Oct 5, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 30, 2009, 8:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:11 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Oct 27, 2009, 12:00 AM