CVE-2009-1210: Wireshark

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 15.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in the PROFINET/DCP (PN-DCP) dissector in Wireshark 1.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PN-DCP packet with format string specifiers in the station name. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

• Wireshark Wireshark: up to and including 1.0.5; version 0.6 only; version 0.7.9 only; version 0.8.16 only; version 0.8.19 only; version 0.9.5 only; …

Published 2009-04-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.