Is CVE-2009-0601 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-0601 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0601?

CVE-2009-0601 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

CVE-2009-0601

LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.1 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-134
EPSS score: 0.4% (31th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-0604)
Published: February 16, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0604 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / mac os x
freebsd / freebsd
linux / linux kernel
netbsd / netbsd
sun / solaris
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34264(Broken Link)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html(Vendor Advisory)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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