CVE-2012-4286
The pcapng_read_packet_block function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcap-ng file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero
02 Description
The pcapng_read_packet_block function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcap-ng file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero
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
- 1.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.6% 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
- 2012-08-16 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 05e0550e8227d30299231ac22f20b5a6290d366fc4ba84bf3ff30970e40e855b
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com55035http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-24.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15693https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15693
- secunia.com54425http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- anonsvn.wireshark.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44074&view=revision
- blogs.oracle.comhttps://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
- 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=7533
- secunia.com51363http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
- anonsvn.wireshark.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/pcapng.c?r1=44074&r2=44073&pathrev=44074
- secunia.com50276http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
- hermes.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1067https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
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.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.