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CVE-2012-4291

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Date: August 16, 2012

The CIP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a malformed packet.

Language: C

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Related Resources (16)

https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4291
http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4291
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-20.html
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7570
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15813
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4291
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-4291

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
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): ADJACENT
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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