wireshark: denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in the HOME environment variable.
Published Feb 16, 2009
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
Format string vulnerability in Wireshark 0.99.8 through 1.0.5 on non-Windows platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in the HOME environment variable.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. For further details, see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0601#c3
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00371) | 28.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00371) | 28.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 10.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 19.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 14, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 17.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 15.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34264 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0601 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485894 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0601
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0601
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.