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CVE-2019-9209

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-9209 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Wireshark versions 2.4.0-2.4.12 and 2.6.0-2.6.6, specifically within the ASN.1 BER and related dissectors, which could lead to a crash. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious capture file) to trigger a denial-of-service condition. There is currently 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
>= 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0140 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (4)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: wireshark
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: wireshark
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-9209Low

wireshark: Stack-based off-by-one buffer overflow in dissect_ber_GeneralizedTime

Jan 25, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00027.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00031.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Mar/35
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3986-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4416
Third Party Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2019-06.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/107203
Broken Link