CVE-2012-3548
N/A
Published: August 30, 2012 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/4Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xmlx_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7666VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15646Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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