# CVE-2009-4377: 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 craft

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-12-21 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://osvdb.org/61178
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1983
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9564
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37916
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37842
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3596
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01248.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37407
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4301
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023374
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:031
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-09.html

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