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CVE-2012-4286

Date: August 16, 2012

The pcapng_read_packet_block function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcap-ng file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted pcap-ng file.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (15)

https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44074&view=revision
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4286
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15693
http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7533
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4286
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/pcapng.c?r1=44074&r2=44073&pathrev=44074
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-24.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-4286

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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