CVE-2012-4297
N/A
Published: August 16, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsWiresharkSunos
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.h?r1=44307&r2=44306&pathrev=44307
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44307
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-19.html
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
References (12)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.h?r1=44307&r2=44306&pathrev=44307x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44307Vendor 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-2012-19.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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