CVE-2012-5240 — 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 BufferCWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 23.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedOct 4
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.8.2-2 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.8.2-2+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2m57-99r8-vg66: Buffer overflow in the dissect_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-ldp↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2012-5240: Buffer overflow in the dissect_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-ldp↗2012-10-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: Stack-based buffer overflow in the LDP dissector↗2012-10-02
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Debian
CVE-2012-5240: wireshark - Buffer overflow in the dissect_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-ldp.c in t...↗2012
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-5240 wireshark: Stack-based buffer overflow in the LDP dissector↗2012-10-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-5240 CVE-2012-5238 wireshark various flaws [fedora-18]↗2012-10-03
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