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CVE-2012-5240

Date: October 4, 2012

Buffer overflow in the dissect_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-ldp.c in the LDP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed packet.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5240
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7046
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ldp.c?r1=44801&r2=44800&pathrev=44801
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5240
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44801
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-29.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15691
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7567
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-5240

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

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