CVE-2012-4291
N/A
Published: August 16, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsEnterprise LinuxopenSUSEWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
The CIP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a malformed packet.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-20.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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