CVE-2009-3242

Unspecified vulnerability in packet.c in the GSM A RR dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors related to "an uninitialized dissector handle," which triggers an assertion failure.

• http://secunia.com/advisories/36754Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36408Exploit
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3893
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5423
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36754Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36408Exploit
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3893
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5423

Published

Sep 18, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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