CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-0043

5.8 MEDIUM Published 2012-04-11 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-04-11
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.8 MEDIUM — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the reassemble_message function in epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of fragmented RLC packets.

Affected configurations

• wireshark wireshark 1.4.0 • wireshark wireshark 1.4.1 • wireshark wireshark 1.4.2 • wireshark wireshark 1.4.3 • wireshark wireshark 1.4.4 • wireshark wireshark 1.4.5 • wireshark wireshark 1.4.6 • wireshark wireshark 1.4.7 • wireshark wireshark 1.4.8 • wireshark wireshark 1.4.9 • wireshark wireshark 1.4.10 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.0 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.1 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.2 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.3 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References