CVE-2009-3242
Unspecified vulnerability in packet.c in the GSM A RR dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 and 1.2.1...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2009-3242- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2009-3242- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-3225 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2009-3225- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-44gq-3r46-fprm No score
Unspecified vulnerability in packet.c in the GSM A RR dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 and 1.2.1...
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.
- Record
GHSA-44gq-3r46-fprm- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2009-3242- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2009-3242 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3242- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 No score
wireshark-2.2.2-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the wireshark-2.2.2-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Wireshark 1.2.1 - GSM A RR Dissector packet.c Remote Denial of Service | 2009-09-15 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-3242 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Wireshark, published September 18, 2009. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.78%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in wireshark 1.2.2-1.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/36408
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3893
wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.html
secunia.com/advisories/36754
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oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5423
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3242
github.com/advisories/GHSA-44gq-3r46-fprm
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3242
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1210
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