CVE-2012-4286 — Wireshark vulnerability

CWE-1898 documents7 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.2%
top 15.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkSUN Sunos
Timeline
PublishedAug 16
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.8.2-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark1.8.0, 1.8.1+1
▶NVDsun/sunos5.11

Patches

Patch: anonsvn.wireshark.org ↗Patch: anonsvn.wireshark.org ↗Patch: anonsvn.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-545q-cmj3-26f6: The pcapng_read_packet_block function in wiretap/pcapng↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2012-4286: The pcapng_read_packet_block function in wiretap/pcapng↗2012-08-16
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CVEList
CVE-2012-4286: The pcapng_read_packet_block function in wiretap/pcapng↗2012-08-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: crash due to zero division in pcnap-ng file parser (wnpa-sec-2012-24)↗2012-08-15
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Debian
CVE-2012-4286: wireshark - The pcapng_read_packet_block function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcap-ng file pa...↗2012
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4294 CVE-2012-4295 CVE-2012-4286 CVE-2012-4298 CVE-2012-4287 wireshark various flaws [fedora-rawhide]↗2012-08-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4286 wireshark: crash due to zero division in pcnap-ng file parser (wnpa-sec-2012-24)↗2012-08-15
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