CVE-2009-3829
N/A
Published: October 30, 2009 at 08:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
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."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/erf.c?view=markup&pathrev=29364Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/676492x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3849VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5979Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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