VulnerabilityModified
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…
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 6.01%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.01%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.4 MEDIUMAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.01% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- sun/sunos · wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=44075&r2=44074&pathrev=44075Exploit, Patch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44075&view=revision
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-25.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7533
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15777
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=44075&r2=44074&pathrev=44075Exploit, Patch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44075&view=revision
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-25.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7533
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15777
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.