CVE-2012-4291 — Wireshark vulnerability

CWE-3998 documents7 sources
Severity
3.3LOWNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 23.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
WiresharkOpensuseRedhat Enterprise Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 16
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:A/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 6.5 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.8.2-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark27 versions+26
▶NVDsun/sunos5.11
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse11.4, 12.1+1

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 5

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-32x4-wf82-frg6: The CIP dissector in Wireshark 1↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2012-4291: The CIP dissector in Wireshark 1↗2012-08-16
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CVEList
CVE-2012-4291: The CIP dissector in Wireshark 1↗2012-08-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: DoS via excessive system resource consumption in CIP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-20)↗2012-08-15
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Debian
CVE-2012-4291: wireshark - The CIP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8...↗2012
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4291 wireshark: DoS via excessive system resource consumption in CIP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-20)↗2012-08-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4285 CVE-2012-4288 CVE-2012-4289 CVE-2012-4296 CVE-2012-4291 CVE-2012-4292 CVE-2012-4293 CVE-2012-4290 CVE-2012-4297 wireshark various flaws [fedora-all]↗2012-08-15
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