Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2012-5237
The dissect_hsrp function in epan/dissectors/packet-hsrp.c in the HSRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (57.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/85884 (vdb-entry)
- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-hsrp.c
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14992 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-26.html (Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79009 (vdb-entry)
- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc (Patch)