CVE-2009-3829
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · CWE-189
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
Integer overflow in wiretap/erf.c in Wireshark before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted erf file, related to an "unsigned integer wrap vulnerability."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/erf.c?view=markup&pathrev=29364 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/erf.c?view=markup&pathrev=29364Patch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/676492Patch
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37477
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3849
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5979