CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-4294
5.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-08-16
- 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 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.
Affected configurations
• wireshark wireshark 1.8.0
• wireshark wireshark 1.8.1
• sun sunos 5.11
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-erf.c?r1=44377&r2=44376&pathrev=44377 Exploit, Patch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44377 anonsvn.wireshark.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50276 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51363 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 secunia.com
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml www.gentoo.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-16.html Vendor Advisory
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3 blogs.oracle.com
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7563 bugs.wireshark.org
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562 hermes.opensuse.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15673 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-erf.c?r1=44377&r2=44376&pathrev=44377 Exploit, Patch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44377 anonsvn.wireshark.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50276 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51363 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 secunia.com
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml www.gentoo.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-16.html Vendor Advisory
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3 blogs.oracle.com
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7563 bugs.wireshark.org
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562 hermes.opensuse.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15673 oval.cisecurity.org