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CVE-2009-1829

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1829 describes an unspecified vulnerability within the PCNFSD dissector of Wireshark versions 0.8.20 through 1.0.7. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) by sending specially crafted PCNFSD packets. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0, it has a low impact potential (partial availability loss) and is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.8.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.8.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0200 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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-0:1.0.8-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-2009-1829Low

wireshark: PCNFSD dissector crash

May 21, 2009

References

osvdb.org / 54629
secunia.com / advisories/35201
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35224
secunia.com / advisories/35248
secunia.com / advisories/35464
secunia.com / advisories/37477
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50686
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9270
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01167.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01213.html
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0095
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1942
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1100.html
securityfocus.com / bid/35081
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1408
PatchVendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2009-03.html
PatchVendor Advisory