CVE-2012-4288

wireshark: DoS via excessive resource consumption in XTP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-15)

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Integer overflow in the dissect_xtp_ecntl function in epan/dissectors/packet-xtp.c in the XTP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop or application crash) via a large value for a span length.

Desbordamiento de entero en la función dissect_xtp_ecntl en epan/dissectors/packet-xtp.c en el (XTP dissector) en Wireshark v1.4.x anterior a v1.4.15, v1.6.x anterior a v1.6.10, y v1.8.x anterior a v1.8.2 permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio, bucle y consumo de CPU, a través de un valor grande para un la longitud de un (SPAN).

Wireshark, previously known as Ethereal, is a network protocol analyzer. It is used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network. Two flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-08-14 CVE Reserved
2012-08-16 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-189: Numeric Errors

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/50276	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51363	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035	Vdb Entry
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15789	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7571	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-xtp.c?r1=44289&r2=44288&pathrev=44289	2018-10-30
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44289	2018-10-30

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html	2018-10-30
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml	2018-10-30
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-15.html	2018-10-30
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562	2018-10-30
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4288	2013-11-20
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848548	2013-11-20

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				11.4 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "11.4"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				12.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "12.1"		-		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Sunos Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos"				5.11 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos" and version "5.11"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.5 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.5"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.6"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.7 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.7"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.8"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.9 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.9"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.5 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.5"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.6"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.7 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.7"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.8"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.9 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.9"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.10 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.10"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.11 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.11"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.12 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.12"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.13 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.13"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.14 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.14"		-		Affected