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CVE-2009-2563

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2563 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the Infiniband dissector of Wireshark versions 1.0.6 through 1.2.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service, specifically a crash, on affected systems through unknown vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability is considered high severity, indicating it can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity to cause a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0260 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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-0:1.0.11-EL3.6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.11-1.el4_8.5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.11-1.el5_5.5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2563Low

Wireshark: Null-ptr dereference in the InfiniBand dissector

Jul 20, 2009

References

secunia.com / advisories/35884
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11210
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6321
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/15
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/09/18/2
securityfocus.com / bid/35748
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1970
PatchVendor Advisory
wireshark.org / docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.9.html
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html
PatchVendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2009-05.html