Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-3242
CVE-2009-3242
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.
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References
7- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36408nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/36754nvdVendor Advisory
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/37409nvd
- www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.htmlnvd
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5423nvd
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