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CVE-2009-0599

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0599 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Wireshark versions 0.99.7 through 1.0.5, specifically within the wiretap/netscreen.c component. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by providing a specially crafted NetScreen snoop file, requiring user assistance to open the malicious file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.99.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.99.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0262 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.6-EL3.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el5_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0599Moderate

wireshark: buffer overflows in NetScreen snoop file reader

Feb 6, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
osvdb.org / 51815
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/attachment.cgi
ExploitVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33872
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34144
secunia.com / advisories/34264
secunia.com / advisories/34344
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2984
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14732
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9677
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00652.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/33690
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0370
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html
Vendor Advisory