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CVE-2009-1210

42
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1210 describes a critical format string vulnerability in the PROFINET/DCP dissector of Wireshark versions 1.0.6 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting format string specifiers into the station name within a PN-DCP packet. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, a proof-of-concept exploit (EDB-8308) exists, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.8.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-8308 · Mar 30, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1523 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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-0:1.0.8-EL3.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.8-1.el4_8.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.8-1.el5_3.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1210Moderate

wireshark: format string in PROFINET dissector

Mar 30, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
secunia.com / advisories/34542
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34778
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34970
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35133
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35224
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35416
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35464
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/49512
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5976
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9526
exploit-db.com / exploits/8308
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00675.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01167.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01213.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2009-0062
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1785
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1100.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502745/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34291
Exploit
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2009-02.html
Vendor Advisory