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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15646 (signature, vdb-entry)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/4 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/54425 (third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)