CVE-2012-5238
Wireshark PPP Dissector OUI Data Structure Vulnerability
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a malformed packet.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 4, 2012, 7:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Source :
cve@mitre.org
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
6.5
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=42989&r2=42988&pathrev=42989 Added Reference http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=44688&r2=44687&pathrev=44688 Added Reference http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42989 Added Reference http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44688 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/85883 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604 Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html Added Reference https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7316 Added Reference https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79010 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15593 -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Sep. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15593 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15593 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org
Aug. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79010 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79010 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov
Oct. 05, 2012
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-5238 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-2012-5238
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.85 }} -0.37%
score
0.72802
percentile