# CVE-2009-3829: 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 (

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-10-30 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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."

## What to do

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## References

- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5979
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37477
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/erf.c?view=markup&pathrev=29364
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3849
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9945
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/676492

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