Vulnerability in Sun Sunos
CVE-2012-4298
Integer signedness error in the vwr_read_rec_data_ethernet function in wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet-trace file that triggers a buffer overflow.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.060 (93.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.060 · newest: 0.060 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035 (vdb-entry)
- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c (Exploit, Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/54425 (third-party-advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-25.html (Vendor Advisory)
- blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/51363 (third-party-advisory)
- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15777 (signature, vdb-entry)