3.3
LOW
CVE-2012-4291
Wireshark CIP Dissector Denial of Service
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 16, 2012, 10:38 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:42 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

6.5
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-4291 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Wireshark wireshark
1 Sun sunos
1 Opensuse opensuse
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2012-4291.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-20.html Vendor Advisory
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7570
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15813
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-20.html Vendor Advisory
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7570
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15813

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-4291 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-4291 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
    Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
    Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-20.html
    Added Reference https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
    Added Reference https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7570
    Added Reference https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15813
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15813 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15813 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 02, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-4291 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-4291 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.17 }} 0.01%

score

0.54084

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability