CVE-2012-4291

wireshark: DoS via excessive system resource consumption in CIP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-20)

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The CIP 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 (memory consumption) via a malformed packet.

El disector CIP en Wireshark v1.4.x antes de v1.4.15, v1.6.x antes de v1.6.10 y v1.8.x antes de v1.8.2 permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (por excesivo consumo de memoria) a través de un paquete con formato erróneo.

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
2025-04-02 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (14)

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://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7570	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15813	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html	2018-10-30
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.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-2012-20.html	2018-10-30
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562	2018-10-30
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4291	2013-11-20
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848572	2013-11-20

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
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
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
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "5"		-		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"				1.6.0 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"				1.8.0 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