{"id":"CVE-2012-4297","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-4297","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:04:22.212Z","title":"Buffer overflow in the dissect_gsm_rlcmac_downlink function in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.c in the GSM RLC MAC dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.10 and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed…","description":"Buffer overflow in the dissect_gsm_rlcmac_downlink function in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.c in the GSM RLC MAC dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.10 and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet.","published":"2012-08-16T10:38:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:44:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":8.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["wireshark/wireshark","sun/sunos"],"epss":{"score":0.02274,"percentile":0.82957,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.h?r1=44307&r2=44306&pathrev=44307","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44307","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50276","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51363","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/54425","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-19.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7561","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15741","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.h?r1=44307&r2=44306&pathrev=44307","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44307","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50276","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51363","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/54425","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-19.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7561","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15741","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4297","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}