CVE-2009-2559 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 21 Jul 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via a buffer overflow in the IPMI dissector, causing denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2009-2559?

CVE-2009-2559 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 21 Jul 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the IPMI dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to an array index error. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2559?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2559?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2009-2559 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2559 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Wireshark Wireshark vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2559, GHSA-r3m9-p95m-422h.