CVE-2009-3241: wireshark
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2009-3241 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 9.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1Timeline
- 18-09-2009PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the OpcUa (OPC UA) dissector in Wireshark 0.99.6 through 1.0.8 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via malformed OPCUA Service CallRequest packets.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
9.70%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 9.70% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Wireshark 1.2.1 - OpcUa Dissector Resource Exhaustion (Denial of Service)
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Debian1 product
- wireshark< 1.2.2-1
Wireshark1 product
- wiresharkEOL0.99.6 | 0.99.6a | 0.99.7 | 0.99.8 | 0.99.9 | 1.0 | 1.0.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.2 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
13 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6162VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3986X Refsource MISC
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- www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.9.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM