wireshark: invalid pointer dereference in SMB/SMB2 dissectors
Published Dec 21, 2009
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.66%
Description
The (1) SMB and (2) SMB2 dissectors in Wireshark 0.9.0 through 1.2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, as demonstrated by fuzz-2009-12-07-11141.pcap.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.5
- 0.9.6
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.8
- 0.9.10
- 0.9.14
- 0.99
- 0.99.0
- 0.99.1
- 0.99.2
- 0.99.3
- 0.99.4
- 0.99.5
- 0.99.6
- 0.99.6a
- 0.99.7
- 0.99.8
- 0.99.9
- 1.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.2
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
wireshark-0:1.0.11-EL3.6
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0360
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
wireshark-0:1.0.11-1.el4_8.5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0360
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark-0:1.0.11-1.el5_5.5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0360
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | wireshark-0:1.0.11-EL3.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0360 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | wireshark-0:1.0.11-1.el4_8.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0360 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark-0:1.0.11-1.el5_5.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0360 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:N/AC:M/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 1, 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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02664) | 85.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02664) | 83.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.51% (0.01510) | 79.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.51% (0.03512) | 79.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.51% (0.01510) | 79.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.89% (0.00886) | 83.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.87% (0.00873) | 82.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 25, 2024 | 0.57% (0.00572) | 77.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 0.67% (0.00667) | 77.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 9, 2023 | 0.71% (0.00714) | 78.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 0.36% (0.00355) | 68.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 71.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (16)
- http://osvdb.org/61178 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37842 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37916 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1983 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:031 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37407 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023374 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3596 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-09.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4377 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4301 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=549578 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4377
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9564 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4377
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01248.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
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