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CVE-2009-3242 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3893 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36754 CVEVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37409 CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5423 CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36408 CVEExploit

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wireshark wireshark
1.2.0
1.2.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3242
NVD Published Date:
Sep 18, 2009
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]