CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-0601

2.1 LOW Published 2009-02-16 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-02-16
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-134

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 configurations

• wireshark wireshark 0.99.8 • wireshark wireshark 1.0.0 • wireshark wireshark 1.0.1 • wireshark wireshark 1.0.2 • wireshark wireshark 1.0.3 • wireshark wireshark 1.0.4 • wireshark wireshark 1.0.5

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String weakness

References