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CVE-2019-9208

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-9208 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 through 2.6.6, specifically within the TCAP dissector. This flaw, categorized as a NULL pointer dereference (CWE-476), could lead to a crash of the application. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), it is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.6.0, <= 2.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0386 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-9208Moderate

wireshark: null-pointer dereference in TCAP dissector

Jan 29, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00027.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Mar/35
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3986-1
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4416
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2019-07.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/107203
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry