CVE-2012-4049
epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU
02 Description
epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-07-24 19:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-07-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 373abd703507625b839b356ca0491c1bca5e23b2d77c2f20a6207b6d72ac9974
05 Affected products
06 References
- anonsvn.wireshark.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=43576
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15707https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15707
- secunia.com49971http://secunia.com/advisories/49971
- secunia.com54425http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-12.html
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-201308-05http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7436
- anonsvn.wireshark.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c?r1=43576&r2=43575&pathrev=43576
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0930http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 1.8.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 1.8.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 1.8.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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