CVE-2012-4298

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    CVE-2012-4298

    Published: 16 Aug 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer signedness error in the vwr_read_rec_data_ethernet function in wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet-trace file that triggers a buffer overflow.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/50276, http://secunia.com/advisories/51363, http://secunia.com/advisories/54425, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-25.html, https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=44075&r2=44074&pathrev=44075, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=44075&r2=44074&pathrev=44075, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7533, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44075&view=revision, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035, https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15777

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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