CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-5238

Published: Oct 04, 2012 | Modified: Sep 19, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.3 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.0 1.8.0
Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.1 1.8.1
Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.2 1.8.2

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