CVE-2009-3549

Wireshark 1.2.0-1.2.2 - Denial of Service in Paltalk Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

packet-paltalk.c in the Paltalk dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.2, on SPARC and certain other platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file that records a malformed packet trace.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3061
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36846
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6391
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54016
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37175

Scores

EPSS 0.0130
EPSS Percentile 79.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (3)
wireshark/wireshark 1.2
wireshark/wireshark 1.2.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.2.1
Published Oct 30, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026