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CVE-2009-3550

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3550 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 0.10.10 through 1.0.9 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.2, specifically within the DCERPC/NT dissector, which can be triggered by processing a malformed packet trace file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a partial availability impact due to a NULL pointer dereference causing an application crash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0249 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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-0:1.0.11-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-2009-3550Low

Wireshark: NULL pointer dereference in the DCERPC over SMB packet disassembly

Oct 27, 2009

References

secunia.com / advisories/37175
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37409
secunia.com / advisories/37477
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/54017
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10103
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6005
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1942
securityfocus.com / bid/36846
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3061
PatchVendor Advisory
wireshark.org / docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.10.html
PatchVendor Advisory
wireshark.org / docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.3.html
PatchVendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html
Vendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2009-08.html
Vendor Advisory