CVE-2009-3829

N/A Unknown

Published: October 30, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in wiretap/erf.c in Wireshark before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted erf file, related to an "unsigned integer wrap vulnerability."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/erf.c?view=markup&pathrev=29364

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://secunia.com/advisories/37409

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/37477

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/676492

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch US Government Resource

http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3849

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5979

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9945

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/erf.c?view=markup&pathrev=29364