CVE-2009-3829

Summary

CVECVE-2009-3829
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-10-30 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.10 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.11 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.12 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.13 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.14 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.7.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.8.16 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.8.19 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.8.20 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.10 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.14 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.6a All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1942-1 wireshark af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#676492 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, US Government Resource
Debian update for wireshark - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonsvn.wireshark.org Patch
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Wireshark: Wireshark 1.2.2 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-04-20Tomas HogerThe affected version of Wireshark as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 were fixed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0360.html

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