9.3

CVE-2009-3829: wireshark Numeric Errors

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-3829
Published 30-10-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-3829 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 6.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.08%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1942-1RHSA-2010:0360

Timeline

  1. 30-10-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.08%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.08% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
6.08%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 1.2.2-1
Wireshark1 product
  • wiresharkEOL0.10.3 | 0.10.4 | 0.10.5 | 0.10.6 | 0.10.7 | 0.10.8 | 0.10.9 | 0.10.10 | 0.10.11 | 0.10.12 | 0.10.13 | 0.10.14 | 0.99 | 0.99.0 | 0.99.1 | 0.99.2 | 0.99.3 | 0.99.4 | 0.99.5 | 0.99.6 | 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 | 1.0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2.0 | ≤ 1.2.1 | 0.6 | 0.7.9 | 0.8.16 | 0.8.19 | 0.8.20 | 0.9.2 | 0.9.5 | 0.9.6 | 0.9.7 | 0.9.8 | 0.9.10 | 0.9.14 | 0.10 | 0.10.1 | 0.10.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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