CVE-2012-4287
epan/dissectors/packet-mongo.c in the MongoDB dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a small value for a BSON
02 Description
epan/dissectors/packet-mongo.c in the MongoDB dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a small value for a BSON
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
- 2.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.2% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 0eb5d57cee17b2b942491704727ac0ece3ed5edd1e51a9264f1e184fbc5bc092
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com55035http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-14.html
- anonsvn.wireshark.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mongo.c?r1=44288&r2=44287&pathrev=44288
- secunia.com54425http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- anonsvn.wireshark.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44288
- 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
- secunia.com51363http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
- bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7572
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15818https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15818
- 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.
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