CVE-2012-4294 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Wireshark

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer CWE-697 — Incorrect Comparison CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration10 documents8 sources

Severity

5.8MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

3.4%

top 12.54%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Wireshark SUN Sunos

Timeline

PublishedAug 16

Latest updateMay 17

Description

Buffer overflow in the channelised_fill_sdh_g707_format function in epan/dissectors/packet-erf.c in the ERF dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large speed (aka rate) value.

CVSS vector

AV:A/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 6.5 | Impact: 6.4

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 ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-24mr-g54h-5fgj: Buffer overflow in the channelised_fill_sdh_g707_format function in epan/dissectors/packet-erf↗2022-05-17

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GHSA

OpenStack Identity (Keystone) allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via revoked PKI token↗2022-05-17

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OSV

CVE-2012-4294: Buffer overflow in the channelised_fill_sdh_g707_format function in epan/dissectors/packet-erf↗2012-08-16

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CVEList

CVE-2012-4294: Buffer overflow in the channelised_fill_sdh_g707_format function in epan/dissectors/packet-erf↗2012-08-16

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📋Vendor Advisories

Red Hat

OpenStack: Keystone Token revocation failure using Keystone memcache/KVS backends↗2013-09-11

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Red Hat

wireshark: buffer overflow in ERF dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-16)↗2012-08-15

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Debian

CVE-2012-4294: wireshark - Buffer overflow in the channelised_fill_sdh_g707_format function in epan/dissect...↗2012

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💬Community

Bugzilla

CVE-2012-4294 CVE-2012-4295 wireshark: buffer overflow in ERF dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-16)↗2012-08-15

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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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