UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4294

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4294

    Published: 16 Aug 2012Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-4294

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the channelised_fill_sdh_g707_format function in epan/dissectors/packet-erf.c in the ERF dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large speed (aka rate) value.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4294, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7563, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-16.html, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44377, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-erf.c?r1=44377&r2=44376&pathrev=44377, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4294

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wireshark

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.10.6-1

    Affected versions

    1.10.2-1
    1.10.3-1
    1.10.5-1ubuntu1
    1.10.5-2

    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