CVE-2012-5238
Published Oct 4, 2012
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a malformed packet.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 3.3
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 6.5
- Vector string
- AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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"matchCriteriaId": "606DF728-1DA6-4989-B40A-44471CC677DB"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "F824AE6B-B087-4C69-8F73-7B146920FC3C"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "6702EAA1-7FBD-4755-B7C2-C2B3A1AFF142"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]