Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2012-3548
The dissect_drda function in epan/dissectors/packet-drda.c in Wireshark 1.6.x through 1.6.10 and 1.8.x through 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a small value for a certain length field in a capture file.
EPSS: 0.016 (72.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)