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.
Published: 2009-09-18
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 3.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3225 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:22:23.305Z

Reserved: 2009-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-3242

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-09-18T10:30:01.453

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-3242

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-08-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-3242 - Bugzilla

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